Ex-Spanish PM's visit to support Venezuela opposition causes stir

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By Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez's trip to support jailed opposition leaders in Venezuela has brought cheers from anti-government foes but cries of interventionism from socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Gonzalez, a Socialist who governed from 1982 to 1996, met on Monday with Venezuela's opposition bloc in support of jailed politicians Leopoldo Lopez and Daniel Ceballos who are both on partial hunger strikes. "That's what has motivated my visit," Gonzalez said at a press conference in affluent eastern Caracas, flanked by the politicians' wives and members of the MUD opposition coalition.

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