Of course it’s dictatorship in Venezuela, even when Chavez was “president” it was a dictatorship. As screwed up as our democracy is we should still be happy with what we got – PB/TK
Venezuela’s Opposition Leaders Appear to Have Been Taken Away by Police – AP / Aug 1 2017
Two of Venezuela’s leading opposition figures were taken from their homes in the middle of the night by state security agents on Tuesday, in President Nicolas Maduro’s first moves against his enemies since a widely denounced vote giving his government nearly unlimited powers.
The wife of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez posted what appeared to be video of him being taken from their home after midnight.
“They’ve just taken Leopoldo from the house,” Lilian Tintori wrote on Twitter. “We don’t know where he is or where they’re taking him.”
Allies of former Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma posted video online of a man who appeared to be the opposition leader being taken by state security as a woman screams for help for neighbors.
“They’re taking Ledezma!” she cries. “It’s a dictatorship!”
Continue to time.com article: http://time.com/4881928/police-take-venezuela-opposition/?xid=homepage
