State Department condemns Venezuela’s treason trials

By Joel Gehrke

Published August 30, 2017 9:46pm ET

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State Department condemns Venezuela’s treason trials — "This injustice is only the latest in a sustained effort by the Maduro regime to undermine democracy, repress political dissent, and sow fear among its critics," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Wednesday. "It embodies yet another rupture in Venezuela's constitutional order and defies the fact that in democracies, ideas and opinions are not crimes." (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) | Ariana Cubillos

The State Department on Wednesday accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of undermining democracy even further by looking to try his political opponents for treason, which the U.S. said was creating “yet another rupture” in his nation’s constitutional order.

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