. >> reporter: leopoldo lopez was ce the face of the opposition until his imprisonment in 2014. in 2017, he was released on house arrest, under the condition of silen. his protÉge and fellow activist juan guaido took up e mantle. and together they made a failed attempt to ouswemaduro from 18 months ago. in october, pez made headlines when he escaped the country and fled to spain, where he was ablr nite with his family. >> so i was ineasingly more isolated and i nteded to contrirom the outside. and repression in venezuela hasa increased a deal. for example, president guaido does not sleep in the same place every night. he needs to moveorvery night in r to be safe. >> reporter: in response to what he calls a fraud, lopez recentld joembers of the opposition referendum, with six millionn venezuelans both in country and abroad demanding new elections. for its part the governmt has responded to this by saying those voters look like zombies and the results have no bearing on reality. how do you go forward with these two dueling realities? the strategy has not seemed to work so far. >>

meeting venezuelan opposition figure leopoldo lopez has been in colombia as he tries to rebuild some international support. present even decay in bogota or on the 1st stop of an international tour from bogota is on to iran p.s. he reports. arriving in colombia lupul the lopez didn't hide the fact that these are difficult times for venezuelans a position that insisted that the fight for regime change in his country is far from over calling for unity minister. internationally against president. i don't want to fight for liberty and then where there is not left or right wing it's the fight of everybody who believes in democracy and liberty no one can hide that my door is a criminal and is responsible for this tragedy. this is 1st international trip since spain at the end of october after years in prison and then house arrest and it comes up to claim this sweeping victory in sunday's congressional elections gaining control of the country's national assembly to name . the opposition. was recognized by dozens of countries as the legitimate president of venezuela. calling it fraudulent whil

the same in colombia home to the narges to venezuela an ex-pat community thankless ition leader leopoldo lopez who escaped venezuela 2 months ago was in bogota to send a message that stronger international sanctions and coordination are needed to obtain what he says is the main goal free and fair presidential elections what else can the international community do short of an invasion to dislodge nicholas a lot there's a lot more that can be done a lot more pressure diplomatic pressure the use of sanctions with strategic focus the political pressure the pressure to isolate my god oh i see what it is a criminal and i can tell you something to say that we will continue to go forward we will continue to do. whatever it takes in order to promote freedom and free elections in venezuela because we don't have another option and the other option is to surrender and we won't surrender. perhaps not but more and more venezuelans are leaving the country rather than fighting for change at home and after nearly 2 years of failed attempts to force out rekindling face in the current opposition strategy they ta

the same in colombia home to the narges to venezuela an ex-pat community thapar decision leader leopoldo lopez who escaped venezuela 2 months ago was in bogota to send a message that stronger international sanctions and coordination are needed to obtain what he says is the main goal free and fair presidential elections what else can the international community do short of an invasion to dislodge nicholas a lot there's a lot more that can be done a lot more pressure diplomatic pressure the use of sanctions with strategic focus the political pressure the pressure to isolate my gordo. what it is a criminal and i can tell you something to say that we will continue to go forward we will continue to do whatever it takes in order to promote freedom and free elections in venezuela because we don't have another option and the other option is to thread or and we won't surrender our perhaps not but more and more venezuelans are leaving the country rather than fighting for change at home and after nearly 2 years of failed attempts to force out rekindling faith in the current opposition strategy they take

freedom and free and fair elections in venezuela so obviously a lot of enthusiasm there from leopoldo lopez lucy about how successful does this referendum appear to be in. one bible or said a short while ago that millions of venezuelans had taken part in this referendum both in venezuela and abroad online or in person whether they are not there and we it's that many people we don't know yet but there were long * lines in color in venezuela however abroad and here in chile and in colombia which has the largest ex-pat community in the world the venezuelans their lines were pretty pretty slim and there didn't seem to be a lot of people who even knew about this referendum so it's hard to tell again this is symbolic will happen they really just want the world to see what's happening and to come to their aid thank you very much and that america and it's a lucy and human thank you to sierra. 4 british navy ships have been put on standby in case for exit trade talks and with austan deal gosh ations between the u.k. and e.u. are ongoing but sunday's deadline is fast approaching versions as the patro

el activista y opositor venezolano, leopoldo lopez hizo un llamado desde la capital colombiana, con elnstruir un frente internacional que permita la salida de nicolas maduro del poder. el lider llamo a la unidad en momentos en que la oposcion venezolana esta fracturada. lopez llego el miercoles a colombia.fijo su residencia en espana tras salir secretamente de caracas a mediados de octubre, luego de permanecer en la residencia del embajador espaqol por mas de un aqo despues de perderlo todo en los recientes huracane, una caravana de inmigrantes hondureqos esta intentado llegar a los estados unidos. cansados de esperar alguna ayuda del gobierno, se sienten frustrados, y ahora estan cruzando guatemala tratando de llegar a este pais.creen que el nuevo gobierno de joe biden podria ofrecerles asilo y un futuro mejor. en argentina, la camara de diputados debatio un proyecto de ley para legalizar el aborto, una medida que moviliza a multitudes a favor y en contra.la iniciativa fue impulsada por el presidente alberto fernandez dos aqos despues que otra propuesta similar naufragara en el congre