Venezuela is once again at the center of international controversy. On Friday, government prosecutors announced that they are launching a treason investigation against opposition leader María Corina Machado.

Venezuelan authorities are investigating opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for alleged treason after she expressed support for a US bipartisan bill that seeks to block Washington from doing business with any entity that has commercial ties with the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

The announcement came four days after the U.S. government recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as that nation’s “president-elect.” President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won the July election, but he and his government have refused to show vote tallies backing his supposed victory.

Venezuelan democratic opposition leader María Corina Machado advocated for electoral transparency in a talk hosted by the Freeman Spogli Institute on Monday.

Venezuelan opposition leaders called Saturday for mass protests on December 1 against President Nicolas Maduro's contested reelection, as his government claimed it had uncovered another alleged "desta

The top leaders of the Venezuelan opposition called Saturday for an "enormous" turnout December 1 to protest the contested reelection of President Nicolas Maduro.The authorities subsequently launched investigations of opposition leaders and called for Gonzalez Urrutia's arrest.