Venezuelan opposition journalist detained in crackdown

Ana Carolina Guaita is the latest person to be detained in a post-election crackdown by authorities.

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Ana Guaita Barreto was seized at her home near the capital, Caracas, her family said.

The trade union representing media workers say she is the sixth journalist to be detained in the aftermath of the presidential election on 28 July, which the government-dominated electoral authority says was won by the incumbent, Nicolás Maduro.

The disputed result has triggered mass protests and a wave of arrests, many of which human rights groups have described as arbitrary.

Ms Guaita was not told why she was being detained but her trade union said she had been targeted because she works for an opposition news site and both her parents are opposition politicians.

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