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New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture

NPR 1 min read 1 day ago

U.S. authorities charged the former Venezuelan president with conspiring to torture his fellow citizens as well as Americans. That adds to drugs and weapons charges against him.
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