Venezuela's jailed Lopez is well, urges more protests - wife


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  • Monday, 08 May 2017

Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, speaks during a rally in support of political prisoners and against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, outside the military prison of Ramo Verde, in Los Teques, Venezuela April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello

CARACAS (Reuters) - Jailed opposition Venezuelan politician Leopoldo Lopez is well and is urging street demonstrators to keep up massive anti-government protests, his wife said on Sunday after her first visit with the former presidential hopeful in over a month, putting to rest rumours of his ill health.

With tensions already high after over a month of street action, many Venezuelans were shocked on Wednesday when a journalist tweeted that Lopez had been taken to hospital without vital signs.

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