Leopoldo Eduardo López Mendoza is a Venezuelan opposition leader. He co-founded the political party Primero Justicia in 2000 with Julio Borges. López 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.
López in 2012
López with Voluntad Popular party official, Freddy Guevara in 2011
Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado, presenting La Salida. Juan Guaidó is behind.
A protest in Las Mercedes, Caracas shortly after López was arrested
Venezuelan opposition to the Chavista governments of former President Hugo Chávez and current President Nicolás Maduro, commonly referred to as the Venezuelan opposition, or sometimes, anti-Chavismo, is a political umbrella term used to describe political, social and religious movements that have opposed Chavismo, and the associated Bolivarian Revolution political process since 2 February 1999.
Henrique Capriles, the presidential opposition candidate in 2012 and 2013, wearing the tricolor hat.
The clashes at the Federal Legislative Palace (pictured) was one of the first conflicts between Chavistas and opponents, which took place on 27 August 1999, after the National Constituent Assembly, controlled by the ruling party, occupied the building, seat of the Venezuelan Congress, controlled by the opposition.
Francisco Arias Cárdenas was one of the main opposition leaders between 2000 and 2002.
Altamira Square, place where the military protest took place.
