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Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas

Jan. 07, 2025 20:19 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election, said his son-in-law was kidnapped Tuesday in Venezuela's capital. González, who was traveling in the...

Venezuelan opposition leader who claims he won presidential election says son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas.

Jan. 07, 2025 13:03 PM EST
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader who claims he won presidential election says son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas.

Venezuela's government offers $100K reward for whereabouts of opposition's presidential candidate

Jan. 02, 2025 18:01 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government on Thursday announced a $100,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of Edmundo González, the opposition candidate who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year's election. The announcement came eight days...

Venezuelan opposition politician met with prosecutors after leaving Argentine diplomatic compound

Dec. 20, 2024 12:11 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela's attorney general said Friday an opposition politician met with prosecutors after leaving the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, where he had sheltered for nine months to avoid arrest. Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a...

Venezuelan opposition member leaves Argentine diplomatic compound after sheltering for 9 months

Dec. 19, 2024 22:42 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the six members of Venezuela’s political opposition who have been sheltering for nine months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, abandoned the premises Thursday. Two people familiar with the situation at the facility confirmed...

Son-in-law of top foe of Venezuela’s president sentenced to 30 months on money laundering charge

Dec. 17, 2024 12:24 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in prison for his role in a vast conspiracy to siphon $1.2 billion from the state-owned oil company, some of which allegedly landed into accounts controlled by President Nicolás...

Venezuelan opposition members in diplomatic compound urge swift actions to secure their safe passage

Dec. 14, 2024 18:02 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Members of Venezuela’s political opposition who have been sheltering for months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, on Saturday detailed their deteriorating living conditions as they sought to grow a sense of urgency among the governments...

UN human rights office in Venezuela partially resumes work months after government shut it down

Dec. 13, 2024 10:58 AM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela partially resumed operations in recent weeks, the agency's chief said Friday, months after the government of President Nicolás Maduro expelled its staff for allegedly helping coup plotters and terror groups. ...

This hospital in Venezuela restores discarded toys for another round of love

Dec. 12, 2024 23:23 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The doll’s golden curls are intact and soon her head is, too. One by one, the toys that show the wear and tear of love are restored for the holidays: sewed and combed, stuffed and dressed. From Barbie dolls to a Kung Fu Panda with a paw raised in...

Argentina accuses Venezuela of harassing opposition members sheltering at its embassy in Caracas

Dec. 11, 2024 20:25 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Argentina's government on Wednesday accused its Venezuelan counterpart of continually harassing six members of the political opposition who have been sheltering for months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas. It also urged the...