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Leopoldo López: “There has been 700 political prisoners that have been…”

Featuring: Leopoldo López, Voluntad Popular | Former Mayor of Chacao Municipality, National Coordinator of Voluntad Popular | International

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Venezuela's future post-Maduro and more with Rep. Craig Goldman and Leopoldo López - Sedona Forum

Published | Video Starts at 19:09

So elections, the way in which the debt is being restructured. And then there are other things that I believe are urgent right now. Release of political prisoners. There has been 700 political prisoners that have been released. That's important. Many of them, my friends, many of them people that I know, that I've known for years. I myself was a political prisoner for seven years. (19:09–19:14)

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Asserts that 700 political prisoners have been released in Venezuela.

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