>> BREAKING TONIGHT, WITH THE
VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT ON THE
BRINK OF COLLAPSE, A POWERFUL
FREEDOM FIGHTER, LOPEZ, THIS
MAN, CONSIDERED THE MOST
POPULAR POLITICIAN IN THAT
COUNTRY.
HE REMAINS UNDER HOUSE ARREST
AFTER FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
AMID SOCIALIST DICTATOR,
NICOLAS MADURO 'S REGIME THAT
LOOKS TO SQUASH ANY
COMPETITION.
BUT HIS WIFE, LILLIAN, A
CRUSADER FOR DEMOCRACY IN HER
OWN RIGHT, SHE IS JOINING US
HERE LIVE.
LIVE FROM CARACAS EXCLUSIVELY.
SHE SAYS SHE NEVER SET OUT TO
BE POLITICAL.
SHE IS A WIFE, A MOTHER AND A
VICTIM HERSELF THAT BELIEVES IT
IS HER DUTY TO CHAMPION THE
RIGHTS OF OTHERS IN VENEZUELA.
NICOLAS MADURO HAS CALLED HER A
THREAT THAT NEEDS TO BE
NEUTRALIZED.
LOPEZ WAS JAILED ON BOGUS
CHARGES.
HIS 13 YEAR SENTENCE HAS BEEN
CONDEMNED BY THE UNITED
NATIONS, BY THE FRENCH
PRESIDENT AND BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP HIMSELF MET WITH LILLIAN
AND IMMEDIATELY TWEETED THAT
HER HUSBAND MUST BE SET FREE.
I CAN ALSO REPORT FOR YOU
TONIGHT THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE, HAS BEEN
IN CONTACT WITH HER HUSBAND
BECAUSE THE U.S. IS VERY
CONCERNED FOR THE FAMILY
SAFETY.
LILLIAN AND HER FIRST AMERICAN
TELEVISION INTERVIEW JOINS US
NOW LIVE FROM CARACAS,
VENEZUELA.LILLIAN, WELCOME.
>> HI, TRISH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
BECAUSE WE HERE IN VENEZUELA,
WE DON'T HAVE MEDIA.
MEDIA IS SHUT DOWN IN
VENEZUELA.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'VE A LOT
OF RESPECT FOR YOU.
YOU ARE A BRAVE WOMAN BECAUSE
JUST TALKING TO US HERE TONIGHT
I KNOW CAN PUT YOU IN DANGER.
AND I KNOW THAT THE MADURO
REGIME IS VERY THREATENED TO
YOUR HUSBAND AND HIS
POPULARITY.
AND THEY WORRY, ESPECIALLY IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT, GIVEN THAT HE
STOLE THE LAST ELECTION AND NO
ONE RECOGNIZES HIM AS
PRESIDENT.
THEY WORRY THAT THAT POPULARITY
MIGHT ACTUALLY RESULT IN PART,
THE OVERTHROW OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING ON
WEDNESDAY, IT IS A VERY BIG DAY
IN YOUR COUNTRY.
>> YES, RIGHT NOW IN VENEZUELA
WE HAVE A NEW HOPE.
A NEW HOPE THAT WILL BE I
THINK, THE BEGINNING OF THE
FINISH OF THE REGIME.
MADURO VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS,
TRISH.
MADURO IS A HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATOR.
IT IS THE FIRST THING THAT WE
NEED TO REPEAT AND REPEAT AND
ASK FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORT OF THE
VENEZUELAN PEOPLE AND TO
CONTINUE THE PRESSURE TO WITH
OUR WORK AND OUR COURAGE AND
OUR TRUTH TO HAVE THE DEMOCRATS
IN VENEZUELA.
NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE IN THE
STREETS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
HUGE MANIFESTATION OF
VENEZUELAN PEOPLE ASK FOR
FREEDOM.
>> AND A NEW PRESIDENT.
MY CONCERN, I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLES CONCERN IS THAT YOU
KNOW, HOW MUCH DOES MADURO HAVE
THE MILITARY?
AND IF HE DOES HAVE THE
MILITARY, DOES IT PUT PEOPLE IN
DANGER IF THEY TAKE TO THE
STREETS TO PROTEST?
>> YES, WE ALREADY BELIEVE THAT
IN 2014, MY HUSBAND, LEOPOLDO
LOPEZ, HE'S A PRISONER FIVE