Time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There was a time last year when it seemed that president maduros grip on power in venezuela was loosening. Yet here we are, two months away from a president ial election with maduro oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. My guest today is one diehard anti regime activist, david smolansky, who was the mayor of a district in caracas until he fled the country to escape a jail term for aiding the street protests last year. Why does venezuelas opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers . David smolansky in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Were glad to have you on the show, albeit via satellite in washington, dc. How does it feel to be a venezuelan, a politician, an activist who currently is living in the us capital . Do you feel uncomfortable . Obviously it is not comfortable because i want to be in my country. I am a public servant. I was removed from office wi
Im stephen sackur. There was a time last year when it seemed that president maduros grip on power in venezuela was loosening. Yet here we are, two months away from a president ial election with maduro oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. My guest today is one diehard anti regime activist, david smolansky, who was the mayor of a district in caracas until he fled the country to escape a jail term for aiding the street protests last year. Why does venezuelas opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers . David smolansky in washington, dc. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Were glad to have you on the show, albeit via satellite in washington, dc. How does it feel to be a venezuelan, a politician, an activist who currently is living in the us capital . Do you feel uncomfortable . Obviously it is not comfortable because i want to be in my country. I am a public servant. I was removed from office with no justification at all. But at the
CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan court on Saturday released former Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres from jail after he was imprisoned for nea.
A close ally of the former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez who fell out with his successor Nicolas Maduro said Saturday he had been freed after spending five