Venezuela is set to inaugurate a head of state on Friday – but there are still two men claiming to be the nation’s rightful president.

The Maduro government says it has arrested at least nine U.S. citizens in the months since Venezuela’s widely discredited presidential election.

During her detention, an aide said, Maria Corina Machado “was forced to record several videos.” She has garnered enormous support for her opposition to Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed on Thursday, her Vente Venezuela movement said, shortly after she was detained amid gunshots while leaving a protest in eastern Caracas. Opposition demonstrations took place throughout the country in an 11th-hour effort to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro ahead of his third inauguration on Friday.

The brief arrest of Maria Corina Machado provoked swift condemnations from political leaders across the globe.

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed on Thursday after a brief detention, her Vente Venezuela movement said on social media. Machado was detained after an anti-government march in Caracas,

Venezuela is meant to inaugurate its next president Jan. 10. But with a contested election, who exactly will take power?

Two Americans have been arrested in Venezuela, with President Nicolas Maduro claiming the charges relate to an intent to "practice terrorism against the Venezuelan people."

MIAMI - As Venezuela approaches January 10, a pivotal day in its history, tensions are mounting over a disputed presidential election, systemic human rights violations and dueling presidential inaugurations. Here's a breakdown of the situation: On July 28, 2024, a presidential election was held marred by allegations of fraud and irregularities.

When dictatorships collapse, global shock waves ensue. Recall early in 2010, when Arab and African dictators and military strongmen seemed happily entrenched in power, only to collapse like dominoes after the dismantling of the regime of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

By Vivian Sequera and Mircely Guanipa CARACAS/MARACAY (Reuters) -Venezuelan opposition parties and their supporters - including leader Maria Corina Machado, who had been in hiding - protested around the country on Thursday in an eleventh-hour effort to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro,