BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López, a former political prisoner and prominent leader in the movement to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime, has fled Venezuela, top officials in the opposition said Saturday. “Venezuelans, this decision has not been a simple one,” Mr. López said in a Twitter post late Saturday, promising to continue working against the Maduro regime from afar. The person said Mr. López had traveled to Miami in a journey that began in Aruba. “It’s an operation that’s been in place for months,” he said about how Mr. López abandoned the residence. The person said Mr. López’s final destination would be Spain, a center of opposition activity, where his family—including his wife, three children and his father, a member of the European parliament—resides.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 24, 2020 17:04 UTC