VENEZUELA-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-LOPEZ-SURRENDER

VENEZUELA-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-LOPEZ-SURRENDER

Leopoldo Lopez, an ardent opponent of Venezuela’s socialist government facing an arrest warrant after President Nicolas Maduro ordered his arrest on charges of homicide and inciting violence, is surrounded by supporters as he stands at the monument of Cuba’s most important independence-era hero, Jose Marti, before turning himself in to authorities during a demonstration in Caracas, on February 18, 2014. Fugitive Venezuelan opposition leader Lopez, blamed by Maduro for violent clashes that left three people dead last week, appeared at an anti-government rally in eastern Caracas and quickly surrendered to the National Guard after delivering a brief speech. AFP PHOTO / Raul ARBOLEDARAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: