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It means putting a leader in jail to scare off the entire movement, political or human rights,
The fact the government is sending out other security corps to integrate those already on the street indicates that they are suspicious of within their own ranks too,
Correa is a veteran of human rights activism in Venezuela, he’s a reference for the entire human rights movement. His reported detention and forced disappearance are very serious, because it foresees the repressive response the Government is mounting ahead of Friday’s inauguration,
said Laura Dib, Director of the Venezuelan Program at the Washington Office for Latin America, a think tank It was like my soul came back to my body: every step we walked, I was feeling lighter,
When she finally saw him walking out of jail ... Nathaly remembers It’s not normal to have military counterintelligence, and not just the police, manning the checkpoints on the road to the airport... Driving around and you suddenly are stopped by men in balaclavas with an AK-47 asking to see your ID,
he said, asking to go only by his first name because of security concerns Every mother in Venezuela holds the same fear: don’t take away our children,
He did nothing wrong, he was just walking the streets... When he got out, he had lost 19 kilograms and from that moment I never lost sight of him... I’m just terrified if they did it once, they can do it again
Personally, I haven’t decided if I’ll go out on Thursday or not, we need to see what happens,
What we need is for all American institutions understand that Venezuela is the most important conflict in the Western Hemisphere for national security of the U.S.,
Machado said via Zoom from her safe house in Venezuela I want you to know how important it is also for the safety of the American people,
We elected by a landslide, a good man and Edmundo Gonzalez. We have the proof of that victory, and the whole world knows it,
María Corina Machado, a top leader in the Venezuelan opposition, told Fox News We are concerned about the reports of U.S. citizens detained in Venezuela. We are working to gather more information. Due to privacy and other considerations, we have no further comment on these cases. Any claims of U.S. involvement in a plot to overthrow Maduro are categorically false. The United States continues to support a democratic solution to the political crisis in Venezuela."
The State Department issued the following statement Venezuela has a huge energy potential that will never be taken advantage of… We're going to turn Venezuela from the criminal hub of the Americas into the energy hub of the Americas and have a strong partnership with the United States."
Machado had the following message for President-elect Donald Trump Maduro has lost everything but fear and repression. Maduro lost all popular support, all legitimacy, and even he's weakened or isolated internationally. What has he left? Russia, Iran, Hezbollah,
Machado, a former member of Venezuela’s National Assembly, asked I am convinced nothing will happen,
Cabello said on state television on Monday A limited military rebellion would entail significant risks for those involved, thus diminishing incentives to participate,
I don’t even think there’s a pretence now of negotiation or of consensus building or of reaching out to the opposition … It’s a wholesale rejection of the opposition and a wholesale rejection of democracy,
said Polga-Hecimovich, a political scientist from the US Naval Academy He’s a brutal dictator who imprisons people who think differently and who oppose him. He’s a dictator who oversaw the biggest economic collapse in modern Latin American history and is responsible for the largest exodus of migrants in the hemisphere’s history. And he is someone who has constructed a shameful legacy,
A full-scale witch hunt is in swing,
tweeted Ivan Briscoe, a Latin America expert from Crisis group It’s a type of dictatorship,
added Polga-Hecimovich who believed the Venezuelan strongman had shown his true colours to the world with his theft of the election and post-election crackdown
