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Newsline: Top Venezuelan opposition leader claims asylum at Chilean embassy
A top leader of Venezuela’s opposition took refuge on Apr. 30 at the Chilean embassy in Caracas, amid an opposition-led uprising against embattled President Nicolás Maduro. Leopoldo López was granted asylum by the Chilean government alongside his wife, Lilian Tintori, and his daughter, Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero tweeted. “Chile reaffirms its commitment to Venezuelan democrats,” wrote Ampuero. (https://thehill.com/latino/441443-top-venezuelan-opposition-leader-claims-asylum-at-chilean-embassy) López, the founder of the Popular Will party, was liberated from house arrest early Apr. 30 by military officers loyal to opposition leader Juan Guaidó.
Newsline: Venezuela’s UN ambassador accuses ‘foreign powers’ of destabilizing legitimate government
Samuel Moncada, the U.N. ambassador for Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s government, claimed on Apr. 30 that foreign interventions are the reason for his country’s current destabilization. “We need to stop the criminals,” he told reporters at the United Nations, calling out especially President Trump for his “criminal action.” “Stop Trump,” Moncada said. (https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelas-un-ambassador-foreign-powers-like-trump-trying-to-destabilize-legitimate-government) He also said the attempted military uprising in Venezuela was an “attempt by foreign powers to spark a civil war.” He added, “This media operation for destabilization has relied on the immediate complicity from abroad.”
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