Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday will face more international rebuke than at any time in his 12 years in power.
It remains unclear how many Americans are currently held in Venezuela following the significant prisoner swap in 2023 when Washington and Caracas negotiated the release of dozens of prisoners, including 10 Americans, in exchange for Colombian businessman Alex Saab, a close ally of Maduro.
Edmundo González gains Panama's backing for his victory claim in Venezuela against Nicolas Maduro in July's presidential election.
During her detention, an aide said, Maria Corina Machado “was forced to record several videos.” She has garnered enormous support for her opposition to Nicolás Maduro.
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Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado was reportedly detained, prompting international condemnation.
The opposition says María Corina Machado was then freed on the eve of President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration.
Venezuela is set to inaugurate a head of state on Friday – but there are still two men claiming to be the nation’s rightful president.
The Maduro government says it has arrested at least nine U.S. citizens in the months since Venezuela’s widely discredited presidential election.
US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday defended Venezuela's opposition party leader and its presidential candidate as "freedom fighters" who must be protected, after a major rally against ruler Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was detained at a march in Caracas on Thursday in her first public appearance in months and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, demanded she be freed immediately.