Venezuela opposition leader Machado ‘kidnapped’ then freed after anti-Maduro protest

Venezuela opposition leader Machado ‘kidnapped’ then freed after anti-Maduro protest

[South China Morning Post] - 01/9/2025

Security forces ‘violently intercepted’ her convoy, Machado’s team said, but the authorities denied she had been detained.



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