‘My life’s work’: Venezuelan union leader vows to defend workers after pardon

One of Venezuela’s most influential union leaders has vowed to press on with his fight for workers’ rights after his release this week from two years of detention in a military prison on what he calls trumped up charges. Soldiers detained Ruben Gonzalez, one of 110 people pardoned on Monday by President Nicolas Maduro, in 2018 after he led a protest to demand the Socialist leader defend Venezuela’s once-potent steel industry. By Angus Berwick, Maria Ramirez. Full Text-> Reuters

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