Outrage Follows Venezuelan Opposition Leader's Sentence

The United States is expressing outrage at the jailing of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. Lopez was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison in connection with opposition-led protests last year that turned deadly when state forces clashed with demonstrators.   Samantha Power, the United States' U.N. ambassador, told VOA's Margaret Besheer that Lopez's trial was unfair and "it goes without saying that these charges on the basis of what Lopez did are...

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