All Venezuelans Are Under House Arrest. Now They Should Be Freed, Too.
All Venezuelans Are Under House Arrest. Now They Should Be Freed, Too.
By
Javier Corrales
The release of Leopoldo López from prison is just the start.
The Venezuelan government needs to be celebrated for releasing Leopoldo López from prison to house arrest. But it should also be condemned if that’s all it does.
Democracies just don’t place leaders of opposition parties in jail, and the whole case against the 46-year-old opposition leader was baseless to begin with. As such, over the past three years López’s imprisonment became a symbol of all that is...
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