Court upholds Venezuela opposition leader's 14-year sentence
A Venezuelan court upheld the 14-year sentence of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday, in a move likely to increase tension in the crisis-hit South American country. "They upheld his sentence under the same terms," Gutierrez said, referring to the 14-year sentence. A 45-year-old US-educated economist, Lopez was arrested in February 2014 amid a wave of pro- and anti-government protests that swept Venezuela and left 43 people dead.