Planned march shows cracks in Venezuela opposition movement
Planned march shows cracks in Venezuela opposition movement
May. 27, 2015 | 07:06 PM
Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela: One of Venezuela's most high-profile opposition leaders has called an anti-government march on Saturday, but the main opposition coalition is not endorsing the protest.
In a tape leaked from his prison cell over the weekend, former Mayor Leopoldo Lopez asked Venezuelans to take to the streets for a massive, peaceful demonstration. Lopez represents the more radical wing of the coalition opposing Venezuela's socialist administration. He's been jailed for more than a year in connection with a protest movement that swept Venezuela in 2014.
On Tuesday, the opposition coalition that includes Lopez's party is a part said it would not endorse the rally. The group's says that the march was called by a single element of the coalition, not the organization as a whole.
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