- Title: Thousands protest in Madrid against Venezuela's government
- Date: 8th July 2017
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (JULY 8, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS GATHERING AT MADRID'S PLAZA DE ESPANA BEFORE MARCH HOLDING SIGNS BANNERS AND VENEZUELA FLAGS WOMAN HOLDING SIGN READING (Spanish) "Maduro, murderer" PROTESTERS BEFORE MARCH PROTESTER WITH SCARF COVERING HALF OF HIS FACE WITH SIGN VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BEFORE MARCH VARIOUS OF PEOPLE HOLDING SIGNS MARCH BEGINNING WITH PEOPLE HOLDING BLACK CROSSES MADRID'S GRAN VIA AND POLICE POLICE AND MARCH ON THE BACKGROUND MARCH IN PROGRESS PROTESTERS MARCHING AND SINGING (Spanish) "Spain, listen. Join the fight" / MAN SHOUTING (Spanish) "Free Venezuela" VARIOUS OF MARCH IN PROGRESS PROTESTERS WITH VENEZUELA'S FLAGS CHANTING (Spanish) "Who are we? Venezuela? What we want? Freedom" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CHANTING DURING MARCH
- Embargoed: 22nd July 2017 23:29
- Keywords: Venezuela Leopoldo Lopez Spain politics Nicolas Maduro
- Location: MADRID, SPAIN
- City: MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016OUY0CN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of people protested on Saturday (July 8) in central Madrid against Venezuela's government after best-known jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was sent out of prison and granted house arrest following three years in jail for leading anti-government protests.
Protest participants showed their anger against President Nicolas Maduro marching through Madrid's main boulevards, shouting, crying and singing Venezuela's anthem.
In a message released by his party, the 46-year-old hardliner Leopoldo Lopez urged opposition supporters to continue street protests against Maduro, which are in their fourth month and have led to at least 90 deaths.
Venezuela's Supreme Court said Lopez had been granted house arrest due to health problems, but his family members were unable to identify what those were.
Opposition leaders applauded Lopez's return home, but said he should be granted complete freedom, along with several hundred other jailed opponents of Maduro. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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