Has Maduro created the next president of Venezuela in Leopoldo Lopez?

Last week Political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez  incarcerated for over 13 years by a court set up by Nicolas Maduro’s regimen to appear Democratic in front of the world.  Susana Barreiros, the judge assigned to the case, has been rewarded for convicting Leopoldo Lopez with an Embassador post abroad.  With Leopoldo restrained behind bars, the Maduro/Diosdado regime feels safe for now, but we all know that Venezuela is a soon to explode time bomb. 

The sentencing has caused outrage in Venezuela and internationally, including the opinion from the US State Department, the United Nations, Amnesty International and many others that condemned the sentencing of Leopoldo and are requesting his immediate release.  Meanwhile,  the opinion of Venezuelans across the nation and around the world  are in support of Leopoldo.

In a letter written to the Venezuelan people and read by his wife Lilian Tintori on Friday, Leopoldo told the Venezuelans that: "For Venezuela to move forward, we must change the system we must remove from power the corrupt elite that governs us."  Regarding the upcoming election, Leopold Lopez said: “December 6 is an excellent opportunity to move in this direction. Let us that day, defend each and every one of the polling stations, with irreverence, with democratic twist, with all our might, the vote and the desire for change that the overwhelmingly vast majority of Venezuelans are going to express at the ballot box."