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Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa arrested ahead of tense election in the country
- Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested early Friday for allegedly conspiring to sabotage Sunday’s parliamentary and regional elections.
- Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello linked the arrest to a foiled terrorist plot involving foreign mercenaries planning attacks during the vote, based on intercepted devices.
- Authorities detained around 70 individuals, including Venezuelans and foreigners from Ecuador, Argentina, Germany, Serbia, and Pakistan, seizing explosives, weapons, detonators, and cash.
- Cabello said Guanipa ‘thought he was untouchable, invisible,’ while Guanipa posted he was ‘kidnapped by the forces of Nicolás Maduro’s regime’ and is unsure of his fate.
- The arrest exemplifies intensified repression under Maduro’s 12-year rule amid opposition boycotts and allegations of rigged elections, deepening tensions ahead of Sunday’s vote.
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A prominent opposition figure has been arrested ahead of Venezuela's controversial midterm elections on Sunday. Meanwhile, national opposition leader María Corina Machado has called on Venezuelan voters to stay home on Sunday in protest against Maduro's dictatorship.
Washington, May 24 (EFE).- Nearly thirty former presidents of Ibero-America this Saturday condemn the arrest in Venezuela of anti-Chavista opposition Juan Pablo Guanipa, who qualify as “forced disappearance,” in a letter published by the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA Group). The document, published on social network X, further considers that “more than 50 political and social leaders, human rights defenders, journalists a…
Venezuela: Far-Right Politician Juan Pablo Guanipa Arrested for Heading Terrorist Plot
Venezuelan Minister of the Interior Diosdado Cabello reported the arrest of the far-right politician Juan Pablo Guanipa, who was allegedly the head of a group that was plotting terror attacks in embassies, hospitals, police stations, public utilities, subway stations, electricity, oil and service facilities, and against public figures amid the upcoming May 25 elections. “Throughout yesterday and today, right at this moment, Venezuelan security a…
This Sunday there will be parliamentary and regional elections in Venezuela. The opposition calls for boycott. The leaders will take action against alleged conspirators - including opposition politicians Juan Pablo Guanipa.
In authoritarian Venezuela there are parliamentary and regional elections to be held. In advance, the government has now arrested the opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa.
According to Venezuela's Interior Minister, Juan Pablo Guanipa has been at the head of a terrorist network.
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