Nearly a month after the Venezuelan president’s roundup many expect him to ride out the threats to his 11-year rule
Leticia Torrealba sheds tears as she speaks about the detention of her 16-year-old son who was detained during a government crackdown in response to anti-government protests.Leticia Torrealba sheds tears as she speaks about the detention of her 16-year-old son who was detained during a government crackdown in response to anti-government protests.
“Neighbours came out to try and protect her but they pointed their weapons at them and took the girl,” said the witness, asking to remain anonymous for fear of suffering a similar fate. “I’ve no doubt this election has been stolen,” Chile’s leftist president, Gabriel Boric, said after the court’s judgment, accusing what he called Maduro’s “dictatorship” of falsifying the result.
Of last week’s supreme court’s ruling in Maduro’s favour, Kronick said: “I think their attitude is: ‘What are you going to do about it? … Knock yourself out.’” Pérez Jiménez fled Caracas in a presidential plane nicknamed La Vaca Sagrada , and was welcomed to the Dominican Republic by its dictator, Rafael Trujillo.
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