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  "id": 14742441,
  "title": "Venezuela’s Maduro says new US torture allegations are ‘false’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/venezuelas-maduro-says-new-us-torture-allegations-are-false",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T16:32:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3371060/venezuelas-maduro-says-new-us-torture-allegations-are-false"
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  "summary": "Former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York court that torture allegations in a rewritten drug-trafficking indictment against him and his wife were “false accusations”. Maduro, shackled at the ankles, was brought to court to face the new charges accusing the couple of leading a state-sponsored campaign of repression that tortured scores of…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Venezuela's Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture charges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/venezuelas-maduro-and-wife-plead-not-guilty-to-us-torture-charges",
        "published": "2026-10-15T16:02:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/nicolas-maduro-tells-new-york-court-new-torture-allegations-are-false",
        "published": "2026-10-15T16:38:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Maduro and wife deny new US torture conspiracy charges, face at least 50 years if convicted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/maduro-and-wife-deny-new-us-torture-conspiracy-charges-face-at-least",
        "published": "2026-10-15T16:50:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Maduro pleads not guilty to torture charges in US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/maduro-pleads-not-guilty-to-torture-charges-in-us",
        "published": "2026-10-15T17:27:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}