Politics Country October 28, 2025

Maduro requests revocation of nationality from Leopoldo López

Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported that President Nicolás Maduro filed an appeal with the Supreme Court to revoke the nationality of opposition figure Leopoldo López, who is in Spain. The measure responds to his alleged calls for invasion and mass murder of Venezuelans.


Maduro requests revocation of nationality from Leopoldo López

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sent a formal letter to the Federal Supreme Court in Brasília, denouncing the opposition and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for allegedly inciting mass protests and calling for 'unconstitutional' intervention. Maduro's letter was a response to a similar letter from Lula da Silva, which was submitted to the court last week, describing the protests as 'grotesque, criminal and illegal'.

Rodrigues checked that the claims by Lula da Silva were based on 'a continuous intervention by Venezuela, through its economic blockades and the mobilization of mass popular discontent in conjunction with internal opposition forces and foreign governments'. The resolution was passed by 130 members of the Venezuelan Congress and by the Organic Law 'Simón Bolivar', regulating the protests.

The international community and the services of Venezuela (SIME) had to 'unilaterally' accept the annulment of the position of the opposition organizer, adding Rodrigues. He also stated that the government resorts to all resources to protect the protesters from the 'populists of the left'.

Lula, now a new leader in Spain, recently supported a possible 'military' coup in Venezuela, which led to the possibility of a civil war between the supporters of the 'populist left' and the 'right-wing populists'.

Lula, a new leader in Spain, recently supported a possible 'military' coup in Venezuela, which led to the possibility of a civil war between the supporters of the 'populist left' and the 'right-wing populists'.