"For more than a year, I did the same. Vanessa and I have been close for years. Our sons became best friends in kindergarten, and we naturally followed."
"Maduro imprisoned thousands of political prisoners during his dozen years in the Miraflores Palace. As his socialist regime ground forward, staying in power through elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the pace of repression quickened."
"Several thousand Venezuelans were arbitrarily detained amid mass anti-government demonstrations in 2017, then-U.N. rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said at the time. Many, he said, were reportedly subjected to ill-treatment."
Vanessa Farina endured a year of uncertainty as her husband, Luis Tarbay, remained imprisoned in Venezuela. With political changes and U.S. pressure, some political prisoners began to be released. Vanessa anxiously awaited news of her husband's potential release, reflecting the broader context of repression under Maduro's regime. Thousands of Venezuelans have faced arbitrary detention and mistreatment during anti-government protests, highlighting the ongoing human rights crisis in the country.
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