Crime
Who is Rafael Quero Silva, former Venezuelan military chief detained by ICE in Miami?
Rafael Quero is accused of allegedly repressing and torturing students and women during the 2014 protests against dictator Nicolás Maduro
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Maduro panics, halts flight from Panama carrying former presidents set to observe Sunday's election
Several former presidents were traveling on the flight who intended to participate as electoral observers in the upcoming Venezuelan elections on Sunday
Politics
Brazil and Colombia withhold electoral observers for Venezuela after Maduro criticizes their voting systems
The change of decision came after the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro criticized the reliability of the electoral systems of Brazil and Colombia
Politics
Former Latin-American presidents: Any attempt at election fraud in Sunday’s Venezuelan elections must be punished
The group presented two possible scenarios in the elections on July 28: the victory of the opposition or electoral fraud by the Nicolás Maduro regime
Politics
Former Reagan official Elliott Abrams: Amnesty for Maduro if he accepts electoral defeat
In an opinion piece published by the Council on Foreign Relations, the former Undersecretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs admitted amnesty would be unfair to regime victims, but could be the only way to effectuate a transition
Crime
Maduro warns of "bloodbath" and "civil war" if he loses Venezuelan elections
The communist dictator’s statements illuminate the hostility and repression that has been ruminating for months throughout the entire South American country
Human Rights
Maduro regime kidnaps opposition leader María Corina Machado's security chief
The opposition leader issued a global alert due to the repressive escalation of the regime after the kidnapping of the head of her custody
Human Rights
Maduro regime detains businessman Ricardo Albacete who hosted opposition leader María Corina Machado
Ricardo Albacete's lawyer described the detention as “arbitrary”, stating that up to this moment “he is missing because there is no information.”
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VIDEO: Motorcyclist in pro-Maduro caravan says he was paid $30 to participate
The motorcyclist of the Chavista caravan said he would not vote for Nicolás Maduro and was only participating in the regime-sponsored rally because he was paid $30
Crime
Maduro promotes officers identified in U.N. reports as human rights violators
The Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, signed the promotion by order of Maduro of 112 new colonels of the Bolivarian National Guard, including two officials accused of torture
Politics
María Corina Machado condemns Venezuelan arrests of opposition activists as acts of "pure cruelty and evil"
Machado described the Maduro regime’s arrests as acts of “pure cruelty and evil,” and reiterated her commitment to fight for the freedom and dignity of the Venezuelan people
