‘A more convenient dictatorship’: fear and uncertainty in Venezuela after fall of Maduro

<p>US capture of president gave many Venezuelans hope, but a week on, an even more draconian atmosphere pervades</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/09/trump-venezuela-oil-attacks-minnesota-portland-ice-supreme-court-tariffs-latest-news-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Freddy Guevara will never forget the 34 excruciating days he spent inside Venezuela’s most notorious political prison <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoT1PQsfBts">after being snatched</a> by masked men from Nicolás Maduro’s intelligence agency.</p><p>The black hood, the interrogations, the stress positions, the salsa music his captors blasted at him in an attempt to make him crack.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/09/fear-uncertainity-venezuela-after-maduro-trump-us">Continue reading...</a>