Monday, November 20, 2017

Escaped Venezuela Opposition Leader Reaches Spain and Vows Fight


A day after escaping from house arrest and slipping out of his country, a Venezuelan opposition leader arrived in Spain on Saturday and met with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. “I am going to dedicate myself to traveling the world, to spread the hope of all Venezuelans to escape this regime, this dictatorship,” the opposition leader, Antonio Ledezma, declared. “Venezuela isn’t on the verge of an abyss — it has fallen into the abyss.” Mr. Ledezma, who had been under house arrest in Caracas on sedition charges since 2016, managed to evade his captors on Friday morning and flee to neighboring Colombia. More…

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