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The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Cúcuta and Patricia Torres in Caracas

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

People walk past a mural depicting former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
Many Venezuelans say little will change after the downfall of Maduro. Photograph: Carlos Becerra/Getty Images

Freddy Guevara will never forget the 34 excruciating days he spent inside Venezuela’s most notorious political prison after being snatched by masked men from Nicolás Maduro’s intelligence agency.

The black hood, the interrogations, the stress positions, the salsa music his captors blasted at him in an attempt to make him crack.

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