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Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro began a third term as president on Friday, cementing his increasingly authoritarian rule...Read More

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday to serve a third six-year term, extending his increasingly repressive rule until 2031 despite protests and credible evidence that his opponent won the election. Venezuela’s legislative palace, where he was sworn in, was heavily guarded by police, military…

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado's aides said she was detained on Thursday, followed moments later by official denials of her arrest, in a confusing episode that capped a day of protests seeking to block President Nicolás Maduro from clinging to power. It remained unclear what…

Foreign Affairs State of the Union: María Corina Machado was briefly detained by Venezuelan security forces the day before Maduro’s inauguration. María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition to president Nicolás Maduro, was arrested and briefly detained Thursday by government security forces after leaving a demonstration in the…

Maduro could be next dictator to fall... (Third column, 10th story, link) Related stories:Venezuelan opposition leader Machado 'kidnapped...Read More

Allies of Venezuela’s most influential opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said she had been “kidnapped” from the streets of Caracas by regime officials after sneaking out of her hideout to lead a major protest against the authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro. About three hours after the announcement, Machado supporters said she…

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela’s inauguration for a third consecutive term comes amid escalating internal and international tensions. Maduro has been accused of using new constitutional reform as a tool to consolidate his power amid loss of legitimacy and episodes of repression. This scenario unfolds in a country that has…

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The Maduro government says it has arrested at least nine U.S. citizens in the months since Venezuela’s widely discredited presidential election. ...Read More