Free Venezuelan political prisoners, opposition demands
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s movement has demanded the release of all political prisoners after the US capture of Venezuelan leader Maduro.
“Those who unjustly hold the civilian and military political prisoners should free them immediately,” the Vente Venezuela movement said of political detainees, whom a leading local rights group puts at 863.
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Venezuelans waiting to see what will happen after Maduro’s dramatic capture
After the US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelans are waiting to see what happens next. While opponents are happy Maduro is gone, others protested to show their support to the deposed leader. FRANCE 24’s James Andre reports from the border town of Cucuta, Colombia.
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US action in Venezuela makes world less safe, says UN Human Rights Office
The world community must make clear that US intervention in Venezuela is a violation of international law that makes states around the world less safe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
“It sends a signal that the powerful can do whatever they like,” chief spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, told reporters.
US operation in Venezuela ‘undermined a fundamental principle of international law’, says UN
The United Nations voiced deep concern Tuesday over the dramatic US operation in Venezuela, warning that it clearly “undermined a fundamental principle of international law”.
“States must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,” Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in Geneva.
Over a dozen media workers detained in Venezuela, national press association says
More than a dozen media workers were detained on Monday while covering events in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, including a march in support of ousted President Nicolas Maduro and the swearing-in of the country’s new legislature, the South American nation’s press association said.
All 14 of those detained were later released, the press association (SNTP) said on X, though one was a foreign journalist who was deported.
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Trump’s risky gamble: Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela after Maduro’s capture?
The US military’s controversial capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has ushered in a period in which the United States will “run” Venezuela, according to President Donald Trump. But recent US experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan highlight the challenges of stewardship and risks of installing a US-friendly government.
The long history of US involvement in Venezuelan oil
As Washington accuses Venezuela of “stealing American oil”, we take a look at its long history of involvement in the Latin American country’s vital sector.
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado vows to return home ‘as soon as possible’
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Monday she plans to return home “as soon as possible,” in an interview with broadcaster Sean Hannity on Fox News, speaking from an undisclosed location.
Opposition leader Machado says Venezuela will become ‘energy hub of the Americas’
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Monday that “a free Venezuela,” with its largest oil reserves in the world, will become the “energy hub” of North and South America.
“We will turn Venezuela into the energy hub of the Americas,” Machado told broadcaster Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Recap: Defiant Maduro pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges in US court
Venezuela’s ousted leader Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges in a New York court on Monday in his first court appearance since he was seized, along with his wife, in a shock US assault. The judge ordered Maduro and his wife to remain behind bars and set a new hearing date for March 17.