Venezuela end-game: Leopoldo Lopez released from prison

[GatoGordo]

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez released from prison
By Jason Hanna, Elwyn Lopez and Kiarinna Parisi
Updated 11:23 AM ET, Sat July 8, 2017

(CNN)Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, whose imprisonment has been a rallying cry for anti-regime demonstrators, has been granted house arrest because of health concerns, the nation's Supreme Court said Saturday morning.

Lopez has been detained since early 2014 over accusations of inciting anti-government protests.

"By the power of Supreme Court Judge Maikel Moreno, the criminal court of the Supreme Court Justice grants house arrest to Leopoldo Lopez due to health problems," the court tweeted.

A relative of Lopez's confirmed the news of the house arrest. Details about his physical condition weren't immediately available.

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???

What to make of this. Either he is indeed sick (feeding feces to political prisoners isn't uncommon in Maduro-Land) or the wheels are coming off the wagon, and the Chavistas are trying to save their skin. Either way, its the end game. And no matter how this ends, it ends badly for those most vulnerable.

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1. I think a) he's sick and b) the wheels are indeed coming off. Chavistas will resort

to self-preservation now. And, in the meantime, the people of Venezuela - especially the most vulnerable - will continue to suffer in a country where the rule of law is now essentially meaningless.