Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: The Justice Department charged deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife with torturing prisoners, adding to the list of federal counts that the former South American leader and his inner circle are facing in New York. https://wapo.st/47OgYtn

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