Jailed Venezuela opposition leader Lopez ends hunger strike

Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez ended a 30-day hunger strike on Tuesday after one of his demands, that a date be set for this year's parliamentary election, was met. The hard-line opposition leader was imprisoned in 2014 for his role in violent anti-government street protests that left more than 40 dead. Supporters call him a political prisoner, while President Nicolas Maduro dismisses him as a criminal. "We began this protest not to die, but so that all Venezuelans can live with dignity," Lopez wrote in a letter read out by his wife, Lilian Tintori, during a news conference. "We are lifting the (hunger) strike, but the fight continues." More…