Samantha Schmidt

Edmundo González likely beat President Nicolás Maduro in the July 28 election by millions of votes, a review of data from election receipts shows.

The number of detainees has been too high for defense lawyers to keep up.

The number of detainees has been too high for defense lawyers to keep up.

A panel of four U.N. experts criticized Venezuela’s decision to announce an election outcome without offering a detailed breakdown of the vote.

In Venezuela and cities around the world, protesters carried vote tally receipts collected by the opposition showing that their candidate won more votes.

Venezuela’s public prosecutor’s office accused opposition candidate Edmundo González of usurpation and instigating disobedience, among other crimes.

The incident occurred amid an increasingly adversarial relationship between Washington and Caracas.

More than a month after the authoritarian socialist appears to have lost in a landslide, his grip on power seems as sure as ever. It’s the opposition and its backers who are running out of options.

A fourth American citizen was arrested in Venezuela, a top official in the Maduro government said Tuesday, accusing him of plotting “against Venezuela.”

It was the first major release of dissidents since the start of President Nicolás Maduro’s crackdown, which advocates say has been the worst in the country’s recent history.