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Trump Calls on Venezuela to Release Imprisoned Opposition Leader Lopez

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US President Donald Trump called on Venezuela on Wednesday night to release opposition leader and political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez. 16.02.2017, Sputnik International

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Trump Calls on Venezuela to Release Imprisoned Opposition Leader Lopez

01:38 GMT 16.02.2017 (Updated: 11:32 GMT 06.08.2022)

© AFP 2023 / JUAN BARRETO(L to R) The wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, Lilian Tintori (C) Freddy Guevara, of the Voluntad Popular party, Jesus Torrealba, head of the Democratic Unity Movement (MUD) party and deputy Julio Borges celebrate after knowing the first results of the legislative election, at the MUD headquarters in Caracas, on the early morning December 7, 2015.

(L to R) The wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, Lilian Tintori (C) Freddy Guevara, of the Voluntad Popular party, Jesus Torrealba, head of the Democratic Unity Movement (MUD) party and deputy Julio Borges celebrate after knowing the first results of the legislative election, at the MUD headquarters in Caracas, on the early morning December 7, 2015. - Sputnik International

US President Donald Trump called on Venezuela on Wednesday night to release opposition leader and political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Lopez is currently serving a 14-year sentence for protests in early February 2014 that led to the deaths of 43 people.

"Venezuela should allow Leopoldo Lopez, a political prisoner and husband of Lilian Tintori (just met w/Marco Rubio) out of prison immediately," Trump stated via Twitter.

Venezuela's Vice President Tareck El Aissami attends the swearing-in ceremony of the new board of directors of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA in Caracas, Venezuela January 31, 2017 - Sputnik International

Venezuelan Vice President Calls US Drug-Related Sanctions 'Pathetic Aggression'

14 February 2017, 17:08 GMT

In Spain, Lopez would be considered a “terrorist” in Spain, leader of the Spanish Ruben Dario Foundation Jose Maria Torres has told Sputnik.

On Monday, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control introduced sanctions against Venezuelan Executive Vice President Tareck El Aissami under federal drug trafficking regulations.

Also on Monday, Trump and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos discussed over the telephone security concerns regarding Venezuela.