Venezuela opposition leader arrested a day before Maduro’s inauguration
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Machado has since been freed after a brief detention following an appearance at an anti-Maduro protest on Thursday.
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been arrested after re-appearing in public for the first time in months a day before the third inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro.
A social media account for Comando Con Venezuela, the political opposition group Machado leads, reported the arrest on Thursday.
“María Corina Machado was violently intercepted while leaving the gathering in Chacao,” the opposition group wrote, adding that government forces “fired” at the motorcycles that were transporting her.
It has since announced Machado’s release, dismissing reports that the brief detention was false.
Maduro’s government quickly denounced the incident as an effort to dent the administration’s reputation.
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