Leopoldo López flees Venezuela vowing to continue fighting Maduro regime

Opposition figure had sheltered in Spanish ambassador's residence since a failed uprising against Nicolás Maduro in 2019 The prominent opposition activist Leopoldo López has abandoned the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas and left Venezuela after years of frustrated efforts to oust the nation's socialist president, his party has said. The 49-year-old former Caracas area mayor had been holed up at the ambassador's residence since a failed military uprising he led in April 2019 aimed at ...