Venezuela’s Record Political Prisoners Await the Unknown
Maduro has incarcerated an unprecedented number of dissidents, casting an even darker shadow over his regime.
CARACAS – Since Nicolás Maduro decided to bypass the people’s will in the July 28 election, Venezuela has been through tragic times. The country’s authoritarian regime has now imprisoned close to 2,000 citizens for political dissent, seeking to obliterate the opposition with old and new methods. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called these mass arrests “state terrorism,” raising tensions in a nation already immersed in a dramatic crisis. The open political repression is giving Venezuela an ominous regional title; it is currently the country with the...
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