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Marksman_91

(2,035 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2015, 02:06 PM Mar 2015

Former Spanish PM to assume defense of Venezuela political prisoners Lopez and Ledezma

http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/23/inenglish/1427119675_424708.html

Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González has agreed to assume the legal defense of two prominent opposition leaders jailed in Venezuela after their families pleaded with him to help win their release.

The ex-Socialist Party chief will defend opposition leader Leopoldo López and Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma, who are being held at the Ramo Verde military prison outside Caracas with other government opponents arrested on various charges.

In an interview with EL PAÍS on Sunday, González said he decided to take on the cases because of the deteriorating human rights situation in Venezuela and the absence of guarantees afforded to the prisoners while they are being held.

Guess the Chavista fan club here can't say that only right-wingers support the Venezuelan opposition

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