Alerts | Verbal attack or intimidation by authorities

As coronavirus hits Venezuela, Maduro further quashes dissent

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Melquiades Avila, an indigenous leader and journalist in the remote Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro, has gone into hiding following threats of arrest made by the Maduro administration after he questioned the government’s ability to deal with Covid-19 in the country.

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