In what Venezuelan Communications Minister Jacqueline Farias called a “media circus,” Former right-wing presidents of Chile and Colombia attempted to visit Venezuela's jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in prison without obtaining the necessary permits. Lopez was jailed last year after staging violent protests designed to destabilize the government that resulted in 43 deaths across the country. Sebastian Pinera of Chile and Andres Pastrana of Colombia were denied entry to the facility where Lopez is currently imprisoned.