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Spanish Government Will Give Nationality to Venezuelan Opponent Leopoldo López
- The Spanish Government plans to grant Spanish nationality to Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo López through an expedited process approved by a royal decree.
- The nationality will be granted by 'carta de naturaleza', an exceptional legal route for special cases.
- López lacks a passport and recognition of nationality in Venezuela, and he applied for Spanish nationality via the expedited route after the ordinary application failed in late 2025.
- The government agreed to the expedited process due to López's extraordinary relevance and foreign policy reasons, allowing nationality without usual residency requirements and ending his current lack of legal recognition.
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By Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español. Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López will receive Spanish citizenship this Tuesday, Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares confirmed in an interview with the Catalan radio station Rac1. This legal status was granted through a naturalization process, Albares explained, which is an unusual and expedited procedure. The decision is typically made by the Council of Ministers when exceptional circumstances exist o…
By Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español. Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López will receive Spanish citizenship this Tuesday, Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares confirmed in an interview with the Catalan radio station Rac1. This legal status was granted through a naturalization process, Albares explained, which is an unusual and expedited procedure. The decision is typically made by the Council of Ministers when exceptional circumstances exist o…
Leopoldo López will have Spanish nationality, says the Spanish Government. Director of the Venezuelan opposition has been exiled since 2020 in Madrid, but it was in 2025 that his passport was withdrawn.
This Tuesday, the Council of Ministers will approve the granting of Spanish nationality to the Venezuelan opposition through a royal decree.
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