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Leopoldo López

Leopoldo López

Former Mayor of ChacaoWikipedia

Search complete. 14 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Leopoldo López".

Oct 21, 2026

Jessica Dos SantosGUEST
54:45
Y creo también que es importante, eh, ese mismo contexto, eh, en, en el marco de Estados Unidos y la oposición.
Jessica Dos SantosGUEST
54:52
Recordar que, bueno, Estados Unidos ya, eh, le había apostado a un montón de figuras, ¿no? Capriles, Guaidó, Leopoldo López.
Jessica Dos SantosGUEST
55:00
O sea, allí hubo mil y un intentos, eh, previos, ¿no? Y creo que también está como darse cuenta que el manejo, eh, del país, ¿no?, que es algo, es un entramado muy complejo, ha estado en manos de el gobierno desde hace décadas y que, bueno, no hay mejor Eh, sector que lo conozca mejor, ¿no? Entonces, bueno, Estados Unidos hace esa apuesta, eh, eh, con, con Delcy Rodríguez y al final yo creo que Trump busca conseguir una suerte de victoria simbólica y narrativa que sea rápida, ¿no? O sea, eso lo vemos en cada una de sus alocuciones, ¿no? Es como acu-apuntalar su capital político, ¿no? Decir que tuvo una intervención muy exitosa de muy pocos minutos a un bajo costo, una intervención que se recuperó con barriles de petróleo en apenas unos días, algo que digamos no le dolió al bolsillo del estadounidense, pero que sí le va a traer, este, muchos beneficios, ¿no? Eh, siempre lo vemos hablar de bajar el costo de la gasolina, eh, siempre lo vemos hablar de cómo esto no va a impactar, eh, para los norteamericanos.
Jessica Dos SantosGUEST
56:09
De hecho, en este acuerdo petrolero entra la participación accionaria del Pentágono.

6 MINS LATER

Lucas KoernerGUEST
62:09
Entonces, e-ese, obviamente también para poder gobernar, Chávez también tuvo que hacer una, una alianza, digamos, táctica con sectores de la burguesía [chasquido de lengua] que, que, que fueron alienados o, digamos, discriminados por los partidos, eh, hegemónicos de la, de la Cuarta República o del punto fijismo, pues, eh, que precedió a Chávez.
Lucas KoernerGUEST
62:30
Y, y bueno, Chávez pudo-- pero lo importante de seguir resaltando es que la, el pro-- la apuesta del chavismo fue seguir acumulando fuerza, eh, popular, pues acumulando, eh, la, el poder clasista de, de la clase trabajadora, del campesinado, de otros sectores medios y a ir debilitando el capital y el capital monopolista aliado con Estados Unidos, que su pasión, su, su voz po-política era la oposición, eh, literalmente, porque sus representantes hasta hoy día son oligarcas [risa].
Lucas KoernerGUEST
63:08
Gen-gente como María Corina Machado, Henrique Capriles, Leopoldo López, etcétera.
Lucas KoernerGUEST
63:13
Entonces, lo que pasa es que después de la muerte de Chávez y bueno, el recrudecimiento y intensificación sin precedentes de la guerra imperialista contra el país, o sea, con la imposición de, de un, eh, paquete de sanciones sin, sin comparaciones, bueno, en el hemisferio occidental, o sea, bueno, Cuba, pero, eh, u-una muy, muy severa que, que, bueno, conduce a efectivamente aniquilando, bueno, que, que la economía se queda, eh, bueno, eh, eh, achicándose por la mitad, pues.
Elise HuHOST
0:15
From rising authoritarianism to disinformation, the question of how free societies grow and prosper has never felt more urgent.
Elise HuHOST
0:24
Leopoldo López is the Venezuelan opposition leader and former mayor of Caracas.
Elise HuHOST
0:30
He spent seven years as a political prisoner under Nicolás Maduro before escaping into exile.
Leopoldo LópezGUEST
0:36
I learned what freedom was when I was in prison.
Daniel LacalleGUEST
46:41
Además, es una persona...
Daniel LacalleGUEST
46:43
Yo soy muy buen amigo de María Corina, muy buen amigo también del señor Leopoldo López, que es un ejemplo-
Carolina RosarioHOST
46:50
Sí
Daniel LacalleGUEST
46:50
...pero ninguno de ellos-
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
4:10
This weekend, massive crowds supporting this man, opposition leader Juan Guaido, who's declared himself Venezuela's legitimate president, accusing Nicolas Maduro of claiming victory in a sham election.
speaker_1NARRATOR
4:22
Juan Guaidó had assumed the leadership of the legislature on January 5th.
speaker_1NARRATOR
4:26
When the opposition won its parliamentary majority in 2015, the main parties agreed to take turns presiding over it.
speaker_1NARRATOR
4:32
In 2019, it was Voluntad Popular's turn.
Gary KasparovGUEST
50:30
I just, it's ...
Gary KasparovGUEST
50:31
I'm very friendly and just one of the founder, um, with Masih Alinejad and Leopoldo López of, well, the anti-Congress.
Gary KasparovGUEST
50:37
And Masih is just, you know, is one of the most prominent voices, uh, uh, of Iranian opposition, targeted by, by, by Iranian regime.
Gary KasparovGUEST
50:44
Three attempts on her life, i- on American soil.

21 MINS LATER

Gary KasparovGUEST
72:03
You want to go live in Cuba? Just talk to Cubans.
Gary KasparovGUEST
72:06
So talk to the, the Nicaraguans.
Gary KasparovGUEST
72:09
So I, uh, I've been a part of the global dissident movement, so I mentor a World Liberty Congress that we formed with Leon- Leopoldo López and Masih Alinejad.
Gary KasparovGUEST
72:17
There are 400-plus dissidents from 60-plus authoritarian countries.
Jim EpsteinGUEST
13:58
...
Jim EpsteinGUEST
13:58
Leopoldo López, yeah, their pa- his passport was taken.
Nico PerrinoHOST
14:00
Yeah.
Jim EpsteinGUEST
14:00
And that happened to a lot of journalists in one sweep.
Simon SinekHOST
34:48
Where the guys who, uh, let go of outcome and they just decided to, uh, uh, e-embrace process.
Simon SinekHOST
34:58
So I, I, I, I had Leopoldo López on the, on the podcast.
Simon SinekHOST
35:02
He was, he's part of the Venezuelan, uh, uh, uh, movement to, for democracy.
Simon SinekHOST
35:08
He, he lives in exile right now.
Simon SinekHOST
34:48
Where the guys who, uh, let go of outcome and they just decided to, uh, uh, e-embrace process.
Simon SinekHOST
34:58
So I, I, I, I had Leopoldo López on the, on the podcast.
Simon SinekHOST
35:02
He was-- he's part of the Venezuelan, uh, uh, uh, movement to, for democracy.
Simon SinekHOST
35:08
He, he lives in exile right now.
David WaldmanHOST
71:43
While most opposition politicians grudgingly acceded to the boycott, they did so out of fear, fear more than solidarity.
David WaldmanHOST
71:49
The popular politicians banned from running, like Leopoldo Lopez, Enrique Capriles, and Maria Corina Machado, there's a name that rings a bell, had been implicated in plotting violent riots.
David WaldmanHOST
72:04
Was she, really? Because violent riots? Are we, you know, do I have the name right here? Pause for just a second.
David WaldmanHOST
72:11
I mean, they could be talking just as much about the other two names, but I don't know.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
73:25
Okay.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
73:26
Okay.
David WaldmanHOST
73:27
but where were we with this? Right, Leopoldo Lopez, Enrique Capriles, and Maria Corina Machado, well, I guess we got right, had been implicated in plotting, it is said, implicated in plotting violent riots, industrial sabotage efforts, and military coups, things normie Venezuelans opposed, and I thought, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
David WaldmanHOST
73:46
The idea behind the boycott was that opposition needed to have solidarity, but Venezuela-based opposition politicians like himself, Falcone, knew all too well solidarity was a one-way street with the Miami right wing.
James StoryGUEST
21:45
So any company that did business with the opposition suddenly was like, "Well, I don't, I don't...
James StoryGUEST
21:50
I'm, I'm gonna lose my business, so I don't wanna do that." Um, not only that, even after Maduro's capture, if you can imagine, y'all, um, they just took Leopoldo López's home away and turned it into a center, um, like an old folks' home.
James StoryGUEST
22:07
Uh, uh, killed his dogs and took his house.
Michael EddyHOST
22:10
That's-
James StoryGUEST
22:10
That happened after January 3rd
Michael EddyHOST
22:12
To point out Leopoldo López being a key opposition figure, right? Someone who's been in a long, uh, running against the regime for a long time, but yeah, thank you.
Michael EddyHOST
22:20
Could-
James StoryGUEST
22:20
Yeah.

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