Battered Venezuelan opposition will reorganize - wife of jailed leader


  • World
  • Friday, 08 Aug 2014

Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, speaks during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government and in to support of Lopez, in Caracas June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's beleaguered opposition coalition, rocked by in-fighting and a high-profile resignation, will come back stronger after reorganization, the wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez said in an interview.

The turmoil is a chance for new leadership to take over the coalition and finally push out President Nicolas Maduro, who succeeded firebrand leader Hugo Chavez after his death last year, said Lopez's wife Lilian Tintori.

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