Venezuela’s opposition leader Leopoldo López has been released from prison after serving three years and is now back under house arrest.<br /><br />Fantástica noticia!!! leopoldolopez liberado!!! liliantintori #Venezuela #Libre https://t.co/USRTB7NEH0— Daniel Portilla (@danyportilla) July 8, 2017<br /><br /><br />Lopez was given a 14 year sentence in September 2015 after three people died in a demonstration in the capital Caracas in February 2015.<br /><br />The Supreme Court issued a statement saying he was released from penal custody because of health concerns. <br /><br />In May President Nicolas Maduro’s leftist government, facing a wave of major opposition protests since April, issued a short “proof of life” video after reports surfaced that Lopez was in ill-health.<br /><br />After three months of anti-government unrest that has killed at least 90 people, Maduro called for the creation of a new super-body Constituent Assembly, with powers to reform the national charter and supersede other institutions, in an election he says will bring peace.<br /><br />But many Venezuelans who are angry with the government are planning to boycott the vote on July 30.<br />
