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By Tomas Sarmiento and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo Lopez urged supporters to keep fighting for the departure of Venezuela's socialist government, even as he was due in court on Wednesday accused of fomenting unrest that has killed at least four people. Lopez, a 42-year-old Harvard-educated economist, surrendered to troops on Tuesday after spearheading three weeks of often rowdy demonstrations around Venezuela that have turned into the biggest challenge yet to President Nicolas Maduro. "The exit from this disaster, the exit of this group of people who have kidnapped the future of Venezuelans is in your hands. I will be doing so." Four people have died in the protests and the violence around them, three of them shot dead and another run over by a car during a demonstrations.
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