Leopoldo Lopez

Our arguments - and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice - are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws in Venezuela and throughout the continent.

The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression.

A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome.

Homosexuality is anti-humanity.

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.