Venezuelan justice minister denies opposition leader’s detention Related news

Ramona Turcu

BOGOTA/ISTANBUL Venezuela’s interior and justice minister on Thursday denied that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had been detained. Speaking at a march organized in support of President Nicolas Maduro, Diosdado Cabello stated that the reports of Machado’s detention were completely false. "They are trying to stir things up with the lie that she has been detained. This is a completely fabricated claim, and I assure you of that. If her detention had been necessary, she would have been