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| Venezuela jails opposition leaders in new crackdown on opponents |
| 2017-08-02 |
[OANN] Venezuela tossed in the slammerDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! two leading critics of President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday in a fresh blow to the opposition after the election of a new political body with absolute powers to strengthen the hand of the leftist government. The United States imposed sanctions on Maduro on Monday, calling him a "dictator" for Sunday’s election of a constituent assembly that the opposition boycotted and denounced as illegitimate. In a statement announcing the jailing of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez and veteran politician Antonio Ledezma, the pro-government Supreme Court said they were planning to flee the country and had violated terms of their house arrest by making political statements and speaking to media. But government opponents called the abrupt removal of the men from their homes by security forces in nighttime raids a sign of Maduro’s determination to silence rivals and stamp out four months of massive street protests against him. About 120 people have been killed in the unrest, including at least 10 during Sunday’s vote. Both Lopez and Ledezma had been urging protests against Sunday’s vote, which they charged was rigged and a naked power grab by Maduro. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ah, yes, the wonderful world of utopian socialism. Counter revolutionary saboteurs to the gulags! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-02 08:37 |