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Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice says she was coerced into barring Machado

Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice Bárbara César Siero alleged that the late-2023 detention of two brothers and a sister-in-law was used to force her to sign rulings barring opposition leader María Corina Machado from office. She made the claims in a 43-minute YouTube video posted Tuesday.

Venezuelans living in Brazil demonstrating against the government of Nicolás Maduro. The protests followed the attempt of the Venezuelan supreme court, on 29 March 2017, to take over the powers of the National Assembly, which opened four months of street protests in Venezuela. Photographed on 6 May 2017 on Avenida Paulista: a woman holding up the flag with the coat of arms. São Paulo, Brazil.
Illustrative image: Venezuelans living in Brazil demonstrating against the government of Nicolás Maduro. The protests followed the attempt of the Venezuelan supreme court, on 29 March 2017, to take over the powers of the National Assembly, which opened four months of street protests in Venezuela. Photographed on 6 May 2017 on Avenida Paulista: a woman holding up the flag with the coat of arms. São Paulo, Brazil. — Wilfredor/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Categories: politics-and-governance

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Geographic reach
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Global importance
3/10
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Why it matters

The allegation concerns coercion of a former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice over rulings barring an opposition leader from office.

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