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Denver GazetteAs Venezuela’s currency crashes, Maduro locks up analysts, shuts down dollar trackers
Failing to revive an economy in free fall, Nicolás Maduro’s regime has now turned its sights on those who dare to describe the collapse. In recent weeks, authorities have detained economists, analysts and digital platform operators who publish independent financial…
President Nicolás Maduro intensified his offensive against independent economists and consultants, arresting at least eight people in what critics call an attempt to control the data that exposes the decline of Venezuela.The arrests began last week, some were released after a few hours and others are still detained by the government, according to people familiar with the issue that asked not to be identified to avoid reprisals.Only one of the de…
These measures represent the most aggressive attempt to date to silence alternative voices that monitor the economic deterioration of the country
These measures represent Maduro's most aggressive attempt to date to silence alternative voices that monitor the economic deterioration of the country.
Only one of the detainees has been publicly identified: Rodrigo Cabezas, Minister of Finance of former President Hugo Chávez
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