Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez abandoned the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas on Saturday to flee the country, more than a year after seeking refuge there to escape house arrest, his party said. Counseled by Lopez, Guaido then invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency in a bid to unseat Maduro. In April 2019, when Guaido spurred a brief military revolt against Maduro, Lopez appeared on the streets alongside him. "Making a mockery of your repressive apparatus, we managed to get Leopoldo Lopez out of the country," Guaido said. Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez talks to the media at the residence of the Spanish ambassador in Caracas, Venezuela on May 2, 2019.

Source: CBC News October 24, 2020 21:45 UTC