Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Venezuelan politician Leopoldo Lopez.
Last updated on November 20, 2024.
Leopoldo Eduardo López Mendoza is a Venezuelan opposition leader. He co-founded the political party Primero Justicia in 2000 with Henrique Capriles and Julio Borges and was elected mayor of the Chacao Municipality of Caracas in the regional elections held in July 2000. He is the National Coordinator of another political party, Voluntad Popular, which he founded in 2009.
Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception.
We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans.
The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression.
Our arguments - and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice - are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws in Venezuela and throughout the continent.
The infrastructure, institutions and social fabric of Venezuela are deteriorating, and people realize the Chavez government has been the problem, not the solution.
A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome.