Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has reported that 37 activists have been "arbitrarily detained" so far this year in the run-up to the July 28 elections in which President Nicolás Maduro is seeking a third consecutive term.
"What we are seeing in Venezuela right now is that the regime is criminalizing the electoral process, criminalizing electoral activity and campaign. So far this year, 37 political and social leaders have been imprisoned by the tyranny," Machado said in an interview with the press.
