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Anti-government protesters hold a candlelight vigil in Caracas for a person killed during protests against the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. AP Photo
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Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez speaks outside the Spanish embassy in Caracas on May 2, 2019. AFP
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A woman walks past a graffiti reading "Unity and rebellion, out Maduro" in Caracas, on May 2, 2019. AFP
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Leopoldo Lopez and his wife Lilian Tintori outside the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas, where they have taken refuge after a failed uprising launched on April 30, 2019. EPA
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Leopoldo Lopez speaks to the media at the gate of the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas. Getty Images
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Sister Tranquilina Garcia talks to a neighbour from inside a parish house in Caracas, Venezuela on May 2, 2019. AP Photo
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Rosa Maria Gomez, 65, poses beside a mural of revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevara at a makeshift shelter in the Petare neighbourhood of Caracas. AP Photo
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Anti-government protesters hold a candlelight vigil in Caracas for a person killed during protests against the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. AP Photo
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Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez speaks outside the Spanish embassy in Caracas on May 2, 2019. AFP
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A woman walks past a graffiti reading "Unity and rebellion, out Maduro" in Caracas, on May 2, 2019. AFP
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Leopoldo Lopez and his wife Lilian Tintori outside the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas, where they have taken refuge after a failed uprising launched on April 30, 2019. EPA
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Leopoldo Lopez speaks to the media at the gate of the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas. Getty Images
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Sister Tranquilina Garcia talks to a neighbour from inside a parish house in Caracas, Venezuela on May 2, 2019. AP Photo
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Rosa Maria Gomez, 65, poses beside a mural of revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevara at a makeshift shelter in the Petare neighbourhood of Caracas. AP Photo
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Anti-government protesters hold a candlelight vigil in Caracas for a person killed during protests against the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. AP Photo
Venezuelan opposition leader warns of 'more military movements'
Leopoldo Lopez says failed uprising launched on Tuesday will eventually lead to President Nicolas Maduro's fall
AFP
03 May, 2019
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