Author: Unknown
Published on: 31/01/2025 | 06:09:42
AI Summary:
More than 2,200 people were detained after Venezuela’s July presidential election. Many then endured severe beatings, food deprivation and other forms of torture. Virtually all developed stomach infections and lost weight. The families of the former detainees are indebted to loan sharks and acquaintances. Some mothers sob at night. Others silently carry the guilt that comes from having their children home again. Maduro is the winner hours after polls closed without providing detailed vote counts. Throughout Maduro’s presidency, state security forces carried out mass arrests but never like last year’s in terms of time span or primary demographic. Previous protests were led by young, college-educated, middle- and upper-class Venezuelans of European descent who openly embraced the country’s political opposition. In prison, however, part of the detainees were forced to wear uniforms in a shade of blue associated in Venezuela to an opposition party.
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