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Venezuela Offers $100K Bounty on Opposition Leader Amid Unrest

1/3/2025

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Venezuela's government has put a $100,000 bounty on exiled opposition leader Edmundo González, just before President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration on January 10. Amidst a backdrop of a contested election and mounting international condemnation for repression, González asserts his victory, while human rights advocates call for the protection of civil liberties amidst escalating unrest and arrests.

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Venezuela's government has put a $100,000 bounty on exiled opposition leader Edmundo González, just before President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration on January 10. Amidst a backdrop of a contested election and mounting international condemnation for repression, González asserts his victory, while human rights advocates call for the protection of civil liberties amidst escalating unrest and arrests.