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Venezuela’s attorney general seeks arrest of opposition leader

  • January 13, 2025

The Venezuelan government has petitioned the International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol, to seek the arrest of leading opposition figure abroad. Attorney General Tarek Saab announced on Monday that his office has requested an arrest warrant for Leopoldo Lopez, a former mayor and leader of the Voluntad Popular political...

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Venezuelan opposition candidate claims son-in-law has been kidnapped

  • January 7, 2025

Edmundo Gonzalez, who competed against incumbent Nicolas Maduro in July’s presidential elections, says masked men abducted his son-in-law in Caracas. Edmundo Gonzalez, the leader of Venezuela’s political opposition, has accused masked men of kidnapping his son-in-law, who remains missing. Gonzalez, who ran in the country’s contested presidential election in July,...

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Venezuela approves bill targeting domestic supporters of US sanctions

  • November 28, 2024

Assembly passes law that would ban officials who support international sanctions from holding office for up to 60 years. Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a measure that would implement steeper penalties for those who support US sanctions against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. On Thursday, the country’s National Assembly passed...

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Venezuela’s ex-oil minister arrested for alleged ties to US

  • October 21, 2024

Pedro Tellechea, Venezuela’s former oil minister, had resigned just days before prosecutors announced his arrest. A former Venezuelan oil minister with alleged ties to a United States intelligence-run firm has been arrested, days after he resigned. Pedro Tellechea, Venezuela’s onetime petroleum minister and a former state oil executive, was taken...

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Maduro ally freed in US prisoner exchange joins government cabinet

  • October 18, 2024

Colombian businessman Alex Saab will become new industry minister, in latest cabinet change since contested election. Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro freed in a prisoner exchange with the United States last year, will join Venezuela’s government as the new industry minister. Maduro announced on Friday that...

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