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He’s a brutal dictator who imprisons people who think differently and who oppose him. He’s a dictator who oversaw the biggest economic collapse in modern Latin American history and is responsible for the largest exodus of migrants in the hemisphere’s history. And he is someone who has constructed a shameful legacy,
Polga-Hecimovich said
I don’t even think there’s a pretence now of negotiation or of consensus building or of reaching out to the opposition … It’s a wholesale rejection of the opposition and a wholesale rejection of democracy,
said Polga-Hecimovich, a political scientist from the US Naval AcademyA full-scale witch hunt is in swing,
tweeted Ivan Briscoe, a Latin America expert from Crisis groupIt’s a type of dictatorship,
added Polga-Hecimovich who believed the Venezuelan strongman had shown his true colours to the world with his theft of the election and post-election crackdown
We want to make it clear to you that Panama is with you and with the legitimacy you represent,
Mulino told González
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The key is the armed forces, ... These regimes are very unpredictable and can fall any moment even if they appear quite strong. If it collapses, it will collapse internally.”
Shifter said,
He was always very disciplined,
said Vladimir Villegas, who has known Maduro since high school and served as his deputy foreign minister until breaking with Chávez
These, and other events, prevent my personal attendance" of Friday's investiture ceremony
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, historically a leftist ally of Maduro, on Wednesday criticized the reported detentions of Marquez and Correa, saying
At what point did being related to Edmundo González Urrutia become a crime
his daughter, Mariana González de Tudares, said in a statement that suggested the government was behind her husband’s disappearanceI have never participated in partisan politics of positions of elected office,
he told The Associated Press in MayFascists! Terrorists! If you dare [protest], you will regret it for the rest of your lives,
Cabello pronounced to loud cheers Tuesday
If you hit me, I'll hit you back. If you want to hurt me, I won't let you,
she said when asked about criticism of violence committed against the oppositionWe will defend the [legislative] palace, then we will go on the counter-attack,
he vowedWe work 24/7, seven days a week. No rest in defending the homeland,
55-year-old colectivo member Teodoro Cortez told AFP in the capitalIf we have to be violent, of course we will,
she told AFPThey have taken several people. You say to yourself: 'If I go out, I won't return',
she told AFP in the days after the electionThe government has had to rely more and more on the Armed Forces and the police to stay in power,
Phil Gunson, of the International Crisis Group think tank, told AFP
That aircraft, those crew members, the crew and passengers must be treated as a foreign force trying to invade,
Parliamentary speaker Jorge Rodríguez warned this weekWhat will happen is unpredictable,
Venezuelan Mailin Rodríguez told AFP on the streets of Caracas TuesdayI will not miss this historic day for anything,
Machado told AFP Monday