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Pedro Camacho

Venezuelan senior officials threaten opposition leaders with jail, 'messing them up'

Jorge Rodríguez and Diosdado Cabello (Credit: Creative Commons)

Two of the most recognizable and powerful men of the current Venezuelan government and the Chavismo moment overall, shared inflammatory speeches on Tuesday, as the country remains engulfed in protests after Sunday's controversial presidential elections.

Jorge Rodríguez and Diosdado Cabello took the podium at the National Assembly, in two impassioned speeches packed with threats aimed at opposition leader María Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.

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