Venezuela's Ruling Party Wants to Jail Opposition Leader for Treason

The Venezuelan Congress wants prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into Maria Corina Machado, a 46-year-old congresswoman and opposition leader who has become one of the most prominent faces behind the protests that have been sweeping the country for six weeks.

Members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, led by President Nicolas Maduro, asked the Attorney General to launch a criminal probe to determine whether Machado committed treason and other crimes on Tuesday

The Venezuelan government is going after Machado a month after taking another prominent opposition face out of the spotlight. On Feb. 21, Leopoldo Lopez, a former mayor who launched the opposition movement “The Exit” earlier this year with Machado, turned himself in after the government accused him of murder and terrorism for the deaths of three people in the big protests of Feb. 12. Read more...