Venezuela's Opposition Sees an Opening

When Venezuelan security forces jailed opposition leader and alpha rabble-rouser Leopoldo Lopez early last year, President Nicolas Maduro surely thought he'd rid himself of the regime's worst news cycle. Nice try, companero. Lopez's every smuggled tweet and jailhouse interview has made Maduro look worse by the day. With legislative elections less than six months away, almost seven in 10 Venezuelans are fed up with Maduro's administration, and eight in 10 say the country is heading in the wrong direction. More than half of Venezuelans say they are leaning to opposition candidates. More…