Independent U.N. human rights experts say Venezuela’s government has intensified the “harshest and most violent mechanisms of its repressive apparatus” in the wake of the disputed July presidential election.

Edmundo González claims he was coerced into recognising President Nicolás Maduro's victory in disputed elections.

Venezuela's government "dramatically intensified" efforts to crush peaceful protest and ramped up its repressive machinery following the country's presidential election in July, according to a report from a UN fact-finding mission published Tuesday.

The U.S. government has responded to Venezuela's disputed July presidential election by imposing sanctions against 16 allies of President Nicolás Maduro.

A UN report highlights the Venezuelan government's intensified crackdown on peaceful protests following the July presidential election. Authorities targeted opposition, independent media, and dissenters.

The regime of Nicolás Maduro has arrested a fourth U.S. citizen as he continues to cling to power in Venezuela, despite evidence that he lost by a landslide. Opposition leader María Corina Machado joins José Díaz-Balart to talk about what her country needs right now.

The fact-finding mission found rights violations including arbitrary detentions, torture, sexual and gender-based violence by the country's security forces.

Venezuela's government has intensified use of the "harshest and most violent" tools of repression in the wake of a disputed election, U.N. experts say.