Source: New York Times
“Venezuela’s popular opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was briefly detained by adversaries during an antigovernment protest in Caracas on Thursday, according to a statement on X by a political aide. But she was soon released. Ms. Machado was ‘violently intercepted as she left the gathering,” her party said on X. “Regime troops shot at the motorcycles that were transporting her.’ The country’s autocrat, Nicolás Maduro, is set to be sworn in for a third term as president on Friday. … The country’s opposition, as well as the United States and other countries, say that Mr. Maduro had stolen a recent election and that the real winner was Edmundo Gonzalez, a former diplomat who has Ms. Machado’s backing. Mr. Gonzalez has been living in exile since September.” (0/09/25)