Maduro Orders Arrest Of Rival Presidential Candidate

Bloomberg News reports:

Venezuela ordered the arrest of presidential candidate Edmundo González, an escalation of the government’s crackdown on dissent in the wake of a disputed election.

The move is likely to draw further outcry from the US and other countries that have concluded González was the winner of the July 28 vote. Venezuelan authorities have declared instead, without evidence, that President Nicolás Maduro was reelected to a third term.

Prosecutors are accusing González of breaking the law because the opposition uploaded voting records to show he won in a landslide. Thousands of citizens, including children, have already been arrested as the regime sought to silence protests in the wake of the election.

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