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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Jul 6, 2019, 03:02 PM Jul 2019

Venezuela abuse report drives protesters back to streets

On Venezuela's national Independence Day, rival demonstrations kicked off in the capital city Caracas, fueled by a new UN report describing political detentions and thousands of extrajudicial killings in the country.

In the middle-class streets of Eastern Caracas, protesters gathered in large numbers at the call of opposition leader Juan Guaido. Their slogan: "No more torture."

"There are no euphemisms that exist to characterize this regime more than 'dictatorship'," Guaido told reporters that day, citing the scathing report's findings.

Meanwhile, as if in another world, embattled president Nicolas Maduro presided over a colorful military parade, where supporters shouted patriotic slogans as tanks rolled before them -- an unusual sight even for the highly militarized country.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuela-abuse-report-drives-protesters-back-to-streets/ar-AADUtpo

Per the last paragraph it sounds like Maduro and Trump have a lot in common.

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