Imaginary Lines - Leopoldo Lopez and the Venezuelan Opposition
- 9 years ago
A huge media campaign is underway claiming that the Venezuelan government is persecuting opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who has just been sentenced to prison for inciting violence in the February 2014 protests. Imaginary Lines host Michael Fox interviews Venezuelan-based university professor Steve Ellner, who discusses who Leopoldo Lopez really is and what he represents. Also, an independent experts' report blasts holes in the Mexican government's investigation into the forced of the Ayotzinapa students and media coverage of the refugee and migration crisis.