Leopoldo López — the country’s most famous political prisoner and mentor of opposition leader Juan Guaidó — helped broker a deal. Senior opposition officials say they never received that information. To close the deal with senior Maduro officials, Leopoldo López offered to let them stay on as part of a transitional government, and guaranteed they would not be prosecuted. “It was around noon that we decided that [Leopoldo] López had to seek protection at the Chilean Embassy,” Superlano said. What some hoped would happen in one day, opposition officials insist, will still be achieved.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2019 23:15 UTC