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Venezuelan opposition on war footing after stiff sentence for Lopez

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Leopoldo Lopez's supporters gathered in Jose Marti´s square, in eastern Caracas. (Franz von Bergen / FOX News Latino)

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Antonieta Mendoza (orange shirt), Leopoldo Lopez´s mother, went to Marti´s square with other Voluntad Popular Leaders and Jesús Torrealba, Secretary of the Democratic Unity Roudtable (blue shirt). (Franz von Bergen / FOX News Latino)

Jesús Torrealba, Secretary of the Democratic Unity Roundtable, attended the event in which Leopoldo Lopez's letter was read by his wife. (Franz von Bergen / FOX News Latino)

"Venezuela will release you" and "unfair sentence" - some signs that protestors showed during the protest. (Franz von Bergen / FOX News Latino)

Leopoldo Lopez´s wife, Lilian Tintori, read a letter written by the political leader. (Franz von Bergen / FOX News Latino)