Venezuela's opposition decry arrests ahead of anti-Maduro protests

Patricia Bullrichsecurity Minister

Argentina will not send players who could be kidnapped. CONMEBOL will have to reconsider or they will need to change the venue,

stated Bullrich in comments to a Venezuelan media outlet

Gustavo Petropresident

These, and other events, prevent my personal attendance" of Friday's investiture ceremony

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, historically a leftist ally of Maduro, on Wednesday criticized the reported detentions of Marquez and Correa, saying

I wouldn't miss that day for anything,

she said in a virtual press conference

At what point did being related to Edmundo González Urrutia become a crime

his daughter, Mariana González de Tudares, said in a statement that suggested the government was behind her husband’s disappearance

I have never participated in partisan politics of positions of elected office,

he told The Associated Press in May

There is tension. As soon as night falls, the city is like a ghost town,

Caracas resident Mari Jimenez said

We demand the immediate release of Rafael Tudares and all political prisoners, who are hostages of a regime that knows it is rejected by the vast majority of Venezuelans who spoke with the force of the vote (on July 28),

the coalition said in the statement

Sometimes we spend the day without food. We only get enough for the children

said Coromoto, who fled to Colombia two months ago, seeking better health care for one of her children who suffers from multiple disabilities

I'm here seeking asylum, having fled my country."

One woman, who asked not to be named, declared

If Maduro weren't in government ... I'd be the first to return to Venezuela

Lozano said in December, a fortnight before Maduro's inauguration, following a contested election last July which saw both Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez claim victory

The situation in Venezuela is very ugly,

she said