Venezuela, El Salvador and America
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Latin Times on MSNNavy SEAL Among Americans Released in Venezuela Prisoner ExchangeA former U.S. Navy SEAL was among ten Americans and U.S. permanent residents released from Venezuelan detention
Venezuela announced a probe into torture claims by migrants the US sent to a Salvadoran prison, where they said they were beaten, abused, and fed rotten food.
A group of 10 Americans freed in a hostage exchange with Venezuela included a U.S. Navy sailor and a water sports fan, reports say. When contacted for comment, the U.S. State Department told Newsweek on Saturday that for privacy reasons, the individuals would not be identified nor their cases disclosed.
As inflation surges under President Trump’s renewed sanctions, Venezuelan authorities are trying to keep a lid on the country’s worsening financial situation.
A Venezuelan singer who spent months in a notorious prison in El Salvador returned to his family in Caracas overnight, one of the first of more than 250 former prisoners to arrive home after they were sent back to Venezuela last week.
Venezuela says it is opening a formal investigation into several Salvadoran officials, including President Nayib Bukele, over the alleged abuse of Venezuelan migrants deported from the US. Some 252 Venezuelans,
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Rough Draft Atlanta on MSNGay asylum seeker released from El Salvador megaprison, returned to VenezuelaVenezuelan makeup artist Andry José Hernández Romero, who sought asylum in the U.S. but was deported to a notorious El Salvador megaprison, has been released and returned to Venezuela. According to a story from the Bay Area Reporter,
Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Wilbert Castañeda was released on July 18 after being detained in Venezuela for nearly a year.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for a new term, extending his increasingly repressive rule in the face of renewed protests and rebukes from the ...
Venezuela's authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, trails in polling. Would the longtime U.S. adversary accept defeat in Sunday's election?
The Trump administration's negotiations with Nicolas Maduro's regime should not distract from the hundreds of political prisoners held in Venezuela.