Brazilian Senators Attacked In Venezuela, Forced To Abandon Visit To Opposition Figure:

Pro-government protesters threw stones Thursday at a bus that carried a delegation of Brazilian senators who traveled to Venezuela in a bid to visit imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, the politicians said. The senators were reportedly forced to abandon the visit and return to an airport in Caracas to await a return flight to Brazil. The protesters besieged the Brazilian senators while they were en route to Ramo Verde military jail, where Lopez has been held since 2014, Reuters reports. At least two of the Brazilian senators took to Twitter to document the attack as it occurred. “Our bus was under siege; they were beating and trying to break it. I filmed them throwing stones against the bus,” Brazilian Sen. Ronaldo Caiado wrote, according to the BBC. More…