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Top Venezuelan opposition leader claims asylum at Chilean embassy
A top leader of Venezuela's opposition took refuge Tuesday at the Chilean embassy in Caracas, amid an opposition-led uprising against embattled President Nicolás Maduro.
Leopoldo López was granted asylum by the Chilean government alongside his wife, Lilian Tintori, and his daughter, Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero tweeted.
"Chile reaffirms its commitment to Venezuelan democrats," wrote Ampuero.
López, the founder of the Popular Will party, was liberated from house arrest early Tuesday by military officers loyal to opposition leader Juan Guaidó.
https://thehill.com/latino/441443-top-venezuelan-opposition-leader-claims-asylum-at-chilean-embassy
Just don't pull a Julian Assange whatever you do.
