Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo López sentenced to 14 years in jail

López was found guilty in a closed-door trial, decried as politically motivated, of inciting violence in his role as the leader of a 2014 protest movement Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison, further heightening tensions in the country's already polarised political landscape. Convicted of inciting violence in his role as the leader of a 2014 street protest movement, López was reported to be calm as judge Susana Barreiros read the sentenc...