Maduro's latest crackdown in Venezuela comes right out of a hit 1999 movie

A YouTuber now awaits trial under the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro.

YouTuber and American resident Óscar Alejandro Pérez was recently arrested on terrorism charges while trying to visit his mother in Venezuela. 32 hours behind bars later, Pérez was released and must now await trial in the Latin American country known for human rights violations, inflation, and the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro.

This time, the red smoke screen is covering up the upcoming presidential election and a new law that grants sweeping power to criminalize protest. It should be no surprise that Pérez was arrested on the same day as opposition leader María Corina Machado called for a global protest against the regime's blockade of any candidate registering in the presidential elections.

Maduro’s red smoke screen does not stop there. In a move to foment domestic ire against the United States reminiscent of Chávez-era propaganda, Caracas accused Washington of building 'secret military bases' in the newly discovered oil deposits of neighboring Guyana. It should also not be a surprise that Maduro claimed these resources as his own and is now threatening to annex the region after mobilizing the army.

As Senators Marco Rubio, Ben Cardin, and Bill Cassidy said in a bipartisan statement, the Maduro regime has shown the world that it will 'stop at nothing to undermine its opponent...Both the Biden Administration and the international community must hold Maduro accountable for this.' They go on to say that the so-called 'anti-fascism' law in Venezuela is 'further proof that civil society, the opposition, freedom of expression and the free press have no place in Venezuela.

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