José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s surprise prison visit is part of a high-risk diplomatic effort to defuse the escalating crisis in Venezuela, where President Nicolás Maduro is under... CARACAS, Venezuela—Spain’s former prime minister met with jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López on Saturday, the first meeting of its kind in the more than two years since his imprisonment for inciting violence during antigovernment protests.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 05, 2016 03:11 UTC