US charges Maduro and Cilia Flores with torture and repression in Venezuela
US federal prosecutors brought new torture and repression charges against former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores. A judge also denied Flores's request for house arrest on health grounds.
Illustrative image: Caracas (Venezuela), 19 Abril del 2013. Posesión de Nicolas Maduro como Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Foto: Xavier Granja Cedeño/Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Comercio e Integración — Cancillería del Ecuador/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 1.0