Leopoldo Lopez: Venezuela court upholds 14-year prison sentence

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Mr Lopez was found guilty of inciting violence during protests in 2014 in which 43 people - from both sides of the political divide - were killed. Image copyright AP Image caption Leopoldo Lopez was jailed in 2014 for inciting violence during mass protestsVenezuela`s Supreme Court has upheld the 14-year jail sentence of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, a day after Donald Trump called for his release. Image copyright Twitter Image caption President Trump referred to Mr Lopez as a "political prisoner"Before the tweet, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had said that he did not want "problems with Trump". She also tweeted that Mr Trump had "sided with the boss behind violent acts" while Mr Maduro had proposed "initiating a new era of respectful relations" between the two. "Under this dictatorship, every sentence is null," said Mr Lopez`s wife, Lilian Tintori, as she arrived in Caracas following a meeting in Washington with Mr Trump.