Tag: Mayor Antonio Ledezma

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  Caracas ex mayor flees Venezuela and pledges to denounce the Maduro regime worldwide

  

  The ousted mayor of Caracas pledged to spread his protest against Venezuela's socialist government across the world as he arrived in Spain on Saturday, a day after escaping from house arrest and slipping past Venezuelan security forces into Colombia.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 08:38 UTC

  Venezuelan lawmakers blast Brazilian senators' trip as 'abusive and meddling'

  

  Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party legislators reacted to a trip by Brazilian senators to visit jailed opponents of President Nicolas Maduro by describing it as “abusive” and “meddling”. The Brazilian delegation's visit on Thursday was cut short after their minibus was stoned by Maduro supporters and roads were blocked, forcing them to return to the airport and fly back the same day.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 08:00 UTC

  Felipe Gonzalez in Venezuela to help lawyers defending political prisoners

  

  Former Spanish prime minister Felipe González has arrived in Venezuela, where he intends to help lawyers defending imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez and Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma, who is under house arrest.

• Wednesday, February 25th 2015 - 05:20 UTC

  Teenager shot dead during protests further polarizes political climate in Venezuela

  

  A teenager was killed during a protest on Tuesday in the western city of San Cristobal, state officials said, as tensions rise in Venezuela amid an economic crisis and a government crackdown on the political opposition.

• Saturday, February 21st 2015 - 04:56 UTC

  OAS Inzulza calls for an end to the polarization spiral in Venezuela

  

  Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), said on Friday that “the detention of the Mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, has caused alarm due to the way in which it took place and because it deals with an elected leader exercising his duties.”

• Friday, February 20th 2015 - 03:54 UTC

  Maduro's agents arrest metropolitan Caracas mayor on charges of coup attempt

  

  Venezuelan intelligence agents arrested on Thursday opposition leader and Caracas metropolitan mayor Antonio Ledezma, witnesses said, after accusations he was involved in a coup attempt against President Nicolás Maduro.