The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, He was allegedly arrested after leading a massive rally in the neighborhood of Chacao, Caracas.
According to the Venezuelan media “La Patilla.com”a group of unknown people intercepted the motorcycles on which she was being transported, forcing her to get off before forcibly taking her away.
Opposition witnesses affirm that in the operation Shots fired by regime troops were heardan action that the opposition has described as arbitrary.
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Machado had come out of hiding today to lead a protest against the inauguration of Nicolás Maduroscheduled for this Friday. During the event, dressed in white and waving a national flag, she declared before hundreds of followers: “Venezuela is free! “We are not afraid.”
The mobilization was part of an opposition strategy that seeks to challenge Chavismo after controversial elections that, after several complaints, they would have been manipulated.
On social networks, users reported that Machado’s whereabouts is unknown. Opposition spokespersons consider the event as an action aimed at silencing critical voices against the government.
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María Corina Machado, a central figure in the resistance to Chavismo, had not appeared in public since August, after the elections in which the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia denounced massive fraud.
His return to the political scene and his subsequent arrest They once again place Venezuela in the focus of the international communitywhich observes with concern the escalation of tensions in the country.
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The Chavista regime intensifies its repression: PNB officials kidnapped María Corina Machado and also took the truck that accompanied the opposition leader during the rally in Chacao.
Violence and abuse of power once again mark the… pic.twitter.com/mhoxuwE3DM
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