The police detained Jesús Superlano when he went to the CNE office to denounce the lack of equal conditions in the process for the November election. Guevara was charged with treason, association to commit crimes and financing terrorism. Guevara would be imprisoned in El Helicoide and he isn’t allowed to communicate with his family or lawyers.
After being arbitrarily detained on Monday, neither family members of lawyers of opposition leader Freddy Guevara have been able to see him or confirm he’s in good health. The government keeps harassing members of Fundaredes and their families.
Jorge Rodríguez accused several leaders of political party Voluntad Popular of making plans to attack Maduro’s life. He showed some sketchy WhatsApp screenshots as evidence and said they had intercepted these conversations from a phone of one of the criminals who was captured at the Cota 905; which is impossible
SEBIN officers arbitrarily detained Voluntad Popular (VP) national coordinator Freddy Guevara and he’s been missing since Monday. Fabiana Rosales, Juan Guaidó’s wife, reported on Twitter that officers broke into their building looking for Guaidó.
On Thursday, criminal gangs from the Cota 905 collapsed southwestern Caracas. The criminals burned vehicles, shot dozens of homes, buildings, and stores and injured at least 12 people, murdered six more.
A new shooting took place by the Cota 905 while Maduro had an act to celebrate FANB promotions. Despite time’s ticking for the regional elections, Guaidó is insisting that the decision to participate or not will be made in unity. Lupa por la Vida counted 2,853 extrajudicial executions in 2020.
ANC-imposed prosecutor general Tarek William Saab said that pressing charges without “one piece of evidence” is unforgivable and charged FundaRedes workers with promoting hate, treason and terrorism.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed her concern for the detention of Fundaredes director Javier Tarazona, and two other activists, Rafael Tarazona and Omar García. Maduro is in Reporters Without Borders’ list of 37 tyrants across the globe, where they reject “repression of press freedom.”
Francisco José Virtuoso warned that the November elections could register a large abstention rate because it’s a process that doesn’t generate trust and the conditions aren’t good enough. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Michelle Bachelet asked the regime “to provide all conditions for free, fair, peaceful and independent elections. 81 healthcare workers died in June of COVID-19
The day after the National Electoral Council announced 20 new political parties had inscribed for the November election, including the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD), Elvis Amoroso ratified potential candidates being barred from running because they didn’t submit their tax declaration.
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