Hugo Chávez revered Fidel Castro, and he set out to turn Venezuela into another Castroite Cuba. Some of the best people in Venezuela are in prison: including Antonio Ledezma, the mayor of Caracas. He was arrested in his office last year when 120 men stormed in, breaking glass, to seize him. Don’t you think 100 would have done? Or 60? Or even 20?

Ledezma has a daughter named Antonietta, who graduated from college in the United States last year. She is devoting herself to winning her father’s freedom, and freedom for her country at large. To this end, she was at the Oslo Freedom Forum this year. I talked to her for a podcast, a Q&A: here.

Mayor Ledezma’s party is called the “Fearless People’s Alliance.” If Antonietta is an indication of the people in that party, the party is well named.