{"id":589423,"date":"2021-07-12T20:36:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T00:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589423"},"modified":"2021-07-12T20:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T00:36:07","slug":"as-biden-lifts-sanctions-on-socialist-venezuela-nation-arrests-ally-of-guaido-surrounds-guaidos-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-biden-lifts-sanctions-on-socialist-venezuela-nation-arrests-ally-of-guaido-surrounds-guaidos-home\/","title":{"rendered":"As Biden Lifts Sanctions On Socialist Venezuela, Nation Arrests Ally Of Guaido, Surrounds Guaido\u2019s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fas-biden-lifts-sanctions-on-socialist-venezuela-nation-arrests-ally-of-guaido-surrounds-guaidos-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589423&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NM-scaled-e1626135889532.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The socialist Nicol\u00e1s Maduro regime arrested a former top political opposition leader on Monday and surrounded the home of Venezuelan opposition chief Juan Guaid\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuaid\u00f3, who spoke to journalists after the government agents left, confirmed that [former opposition deputy Freddy] Guevara was forced to get out of his vehicle at the Prados del Este highway in the country\u2019s capital and that the opposition did not know where he is,\u201d the Miami Herald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/nation-world\/world\/americas\/venezuela\/article252737343.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe raids were carried out just as the United States announced that it was lifting some of its sanctions on the Venezuelan regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) noted that the Biden administration had just lifted some sanctions on the socialist regime, tweeting: \u201cAt the very moment the #MaduroRegime was abducting one prominent member of the opposition &amp; surrounding the home of @jguaido trying to abduct him the Biden Administration was announcing it was removing a sanction on the regime in #Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2155688622755\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the very moment the  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MaduroRegime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MaduroRegime<\/a> was abducting one prominent member of the opposition &amp; surrounding the home of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jguaido?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jguaido<\/a> trying to abduct him the Biden Administration was announcing it was removing a sanction on the regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Venezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Venezuela<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BvDGEYJ8gy\">https:\/\/t.co\/BvDGEYJ8gy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WXO3wtdAP8\">pic.twitter.com\/WXO3wtdAP8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1414649416892493824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Guaido <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-07-12\/citigroup-to-exit-venezuela-with-agreement-to-sell-unit-to-bnc\">said<\/a> that the armed men who surrounded his home detonated an explosive and threatened him with arrest. \u201cI don\u2019t know the whereabouts of Freddy Guevara,\u201d said Guaido, who is recognized by the U.S. as Venezuela\u2019s legitimate president. \u201cHe is missing at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julie Chung, acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State\u2019s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, said in a statement that political prisoners needed to be released.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>Guaido\u2019s office circulated two videos which they said showed the incident in Guaido\u2019s basement. The videos show at least two men with bulletproof vests and balaclavas approaching a car, pointing assault rifles. Guaido is sat in the passenger seat. One of the men opens the driver\u2019s door and forces the driver onto the ground, yelling \u201cGet out!,\u201d the videos show. Venezuela\u2019s information ministry did not respond to a request for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly condemn the arrest of Venezuelan Congressman @FreddyGuevaraC and threats against Interim President @jguaido in Venezuela,\u201d Chung said. \u201cWe urge the international community to join us in condemning these acts and demanding the release of all those detained for political reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said on Twitter that the events in Venezuela were \u201cnot a coincidence\u201d and were \u201cdirectly linked to the protests in Cuba &amp; fear of it spreading to Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A day after protests began in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> against Maduro\u2019s puppetmasters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Maduro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Maduro<\/a> regime abducted a top opposition leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreddyGuevaraC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FreddyGuevaraC<\/a> &amp; now is pursuing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jguaido?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jguaido<\/a> as well. <\/p>\n<p>All interrelated. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSVenezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSVenezuela<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P5SlTJDMFd\">https:\/\/t.co\/P5SlTJDMFd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1414643558867406850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.210909090909\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Images of Maduro thugs in the garage of the building where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jguaido?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jguaido<\/a> lives. His wife reports they have come to abduct him. <\/p>\n<p>This is no coincidence, this is directly related to ongoing events in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Venezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Venezuela<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lWCXercFtn\">https:\/\/t.co\/lWCXercFtn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1414642575835811846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The move by Venezuela\u2019s socialist government comes after pro-freedom demonstrators protested Cuba\u2019s communist government on Sunday, demanding an end to the oppressive far-left regime as the people suffer from poverty and a lack of freedom.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The socialist Nicol\u00e1s Maduro regime arrested a former top political opposition leader on Monday and surrounded the home of Venezuelan opposition chief Juan Guaid\u00f3.\u201cGuaid\u00f3, who spoke to journalists after the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314532,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NM-scaled-e1626135889532.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"As Biden Lifts Sanctions On Socialist Venezuela, Nation Arrests Ally Of Guaido, Surrounds Guaido\u2019s Home","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NM-scaled-e1626135889532.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"As Biden Lifts Sanctions On Socialist Venezuela, Nation Arrests Ally Of Guaido, Surrounds Guaido\u2019s Home","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}