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  "title": "New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/new-u-s-indictment-charges-former-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro",
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  "summary": "U.S. authorities charged the former Venezuelan president with conspiring to torture his fellow citizens as well as Americans. That adds to drugs and weapons charges against him.",
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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        "title": "Venezuela’s ex-leader Nicolás Maduro charged with conspiracy to commit torture",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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