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Washington Post
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Venezuelans head to the polls as opposition calls for boycotts and the government tightens grip
CARACAS, Venezuela — As Venezuelans head to a Sunday election, they are again being used as political pawns. Opposition factions are urging abstention while the ruling party aims to tighten its grip on power — all while both sides appeal to the U.S. government for decisions that would have a greater impact on people's lives than the vote's results.
Washington Post
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — International human rights organizations on Friday filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that the commission order El Salvador's government to release Venezuelans deported from the United States and held in a maximum-security prison . In March, the U.S. government deported more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants alleged to have ties to the Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador, paying the Salvadoran government to imprison them.
