By Syndicated Content
By Deisy Buitrago and Luc Cohen
CARACAS (Reuters) â Venezuelan law enforcement officers arrested an oil workersâ union leader last fall in part due to concerns his tweets about fuel shortages would âgenerate commotion and panic,â according to a transcript of a court hearing reviewed by Reuters.
Neither the South American countryâs prosecutors nor any of its law enforcement agencies have commented on the arrest of Eudis Girot, an executive director of the OPEC nationâs FUTPV union â the main union for workers at state oil company PDVSA â who accused officials of âcriminalizing protestâ while attempting to detain him.
Venezuelan law enforcement officers arrested an oil workers' union leader last fall in part due to concerns his tweets about fuel shortages would "generate commotion and panic," according to a transcript of a court hearing reviewed by Reuters.
By Syndicated Content
By Deisy Buitrago and Luc Cohen
CARACAS (Reuters) â Venezuelan law enforcement officers arrested an oil workersâ union leader last fall in part due to concerns his tweets about fuel shortages would âgenerate commotion and panic,â according to a transcript of a court hearing reviewed by Reuters.
Neither the South American countryâs prosecutors nor any of its law enforcement agencies have commented on the arrest of Eudis Girot, an executive director of the OPEC nationâs FUTPV union â the main union for workers at state oil company PDVSA â who accused officials of âcriminalizing protestâ while attempting to detain him.
By Syndicated Content
By Deisy Buitrago and Luc Cohen
CARACAS (Reuters) â Venezuelan law enforcement officers arrested an oil workersâ union leader last fall in part due to concerns his tweets about fuel shortages would âgenerate commotion and panic,â according to a transcript of a court hearing reviewed by Reuters.
Neither the South American countryâs prosecutors nor any of its law enforcement agencies have commented on the arrest of Eudis Girot, an executive director of the OPEC nationâs FUTPV union â the main union for workers at state oil company PDVSA â who accused officials of âcriminalizing protestâ while attempting to detain him.
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