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Venezuela Wins Seat on UN Human Rights Council
Venezuela has won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, despite widespread criticism of its poor human rights record.
A UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva saw the Latin American country elected to one of 14 new seats on the 47-member body. Brazil and Venezuela won the two Latin American seats on the rights body that were up for grabs on Thursday.
Nicolás Maduro’s government hailed it as an “important achievement”.
His administration is accused of jailing, torturing and arbitrarily arresting opposition figures.
More than 50 countries no longer recognise Mr Maduro as the country’s legitimate leader. The US and most governments in Latin America – as well as EU states like France, Germany, Spain and the UK – back opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the interim president.
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