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Weekly Report - 15 March 2018 (WR-18-10)

VENEZUELA: Edgy Maduro cracks down on dissent

Retired Major General Miguel Rodríguez Torres was arrested on 13 March accused of conspiring against the government led by President Nicolás Maduro and seeking to destabilise the Bolivarian armed forces (FANB). Rodríguez Torres served as interior minister under Maduro and head of Venezuelan intelligence under former president Hugo Chávez (1999-2013). His arrest follows that of nearly a dozen active members of the military, which all suggests that, despite assertions to the contrary, Maduro is apprehensive about dissent in the military ranks ahead of presidential elections on 20 May.

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