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February 13th, 2016 
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Rachel Boothroyd Rojas (VA) : Lilian Tintori, the wife of jailed right-wing political leader Leopoldo Lopez, shot to the centre of a diplomatic incident this week, after publicly slandering the Venezuelan government’s human rights record in Mexico.
Lilian Tintori in the Mexican Senate (Courtesy El Universal)
Lilian Tintori travelled to the northern Latin American country earlier this week as part of her international campaign to secure her husband’s release from jail.
The controversial Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced to 13 years and nine months in prison last year for leading the violent anti-government protests and street barricades, known as “guarimbas,” in early 2014. Forty-three people died as a result of the protests and hundreds more were injured.
Since arriving in Mexico, Tintori has met with a series of rightwing political leaders, including Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu, and was even invited into the Mexican Senate alongside Lopez’s mother, Antonieta Lopez.
They were introduced as “human rights activists” by the Senate President and right-wing PAN (National Action Party) Senator Roberto Gil Zuarth.
According to Latin American news site, Telesur English, a PR firm that usually works with celebrities organised Tintori’s trip. It takes place in the midst of ongoing controversy in Venezuela over opposition legislators’ plans to back an “Amnesty Law” for those involved in the street barricades.
The legislation could potentially release Lopez – but attempts to set him free will be hampered if he is found to have committed human rights violations.
The national government has already expressed its opposition to the law, and the Supreme Court will be called on if the legislation is seen to be violating Venezuela’s Constitution.
It is possible that Tintori’s trip is aimed at putting international pressure on the government ahead of the upcoming political confrontation over the planned amnesty la
Source Article from http://nsnbc.me/2016/02/13/tintori-criticises-venezuelan-human-rights-record-in-mexican-senate/
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