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Behind Maduro’s ‘bioterrorism’ accusations amid Venezuelan coronavirus crackdown

See Post — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:41:17 +0000

As coronavirus continues to rampage through already embattled Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has staunchly clamped down on all elements of civic society – going so far as to frame returnees as “bioterrorists” and a steep threat to national security.y By Hollie McKay. Full Text-> FoxNews

Returning home, Venezuelans face accusations of spreading COVID-19

See Post — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:19:22 +0000

Venezuelans who fled their homeland’s economic crisis but have been forced to return in desperation are being blamed for the spread of the coronavirus and are being branded bioterrorists, the head of a leading medical group said on Wednesday. By Anastasia Moloney. Full Text -> SightMagazine

Venezuela government detaining people who come in contact with coronavirus as ‘bioterrorists’: report

See Post — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:39:00 +0000

The returning Venezuelans are held in hotels, schools and bus stations, under military guard, with limited access to food, water and personal protective equipment, the Times reported. One Venezuelan nurse who returned from Colombia told the newspaper she had been held for 70 days. By Rafael Bernal. Full Text-> The Hill

As coronavirus explodes in Venezuela, Maduro’s government blames ‘biological weapon’: the country’s returning refugees

See Post — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:15:37 +0000

The “biological” threat was gathering on the western border, Venezuela’s socialist government claimed. So, besieged President Nicolás Maduro, ever vigilant against potential invasion, dispatched gun-toting reinforcements to the frontier. The 57-year-old authoritarian wasn’t worried about the Colombian army. Rather, he was targeting his own people — Venezuelan migrants abroad, left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic, now returning home. By Ana Vanessa Herrero, Anthony Faiola and Mariana Zuñiga. Full Text-> The Washington Post