UNIVISION ANCHOR JORGE RAMOS DETAINED DURING INTERVIEW

UNIVISION ANCHOR JORGE RAMOS DETAINED DURING INTERVIEW WITH MADURO IN VENEZUELA

The president of Univision tweeted that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro didn’t like the interview questions.

Author: Adrianna Rodríguez
Published: 02/26/19

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos and his crew have been detained in Venezuela after an interview with Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, according to a tweet sent by the network’s president Daniel Coronell.

Ramos and his team were detained at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas after their technical equipmet was confiscated, Coronell said in the tweet.

According to the Spanish-language network, Maduro didn’t like the questions that were being asked during the interview.

AP Photo/Alan Diaz
In this Dec. 14, 2011 photo, Univision newscaster Jorge Ramos works in the studio in Miami, Florida. Ramos is anchors one of the most watched news shows in Spanish the U.S.
AP Photo/Alan Diaz

Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Kimberly Breier tweeted that the U.S. State Department had been notified and insisted “on their immediate release.”

“The world is watching,” Breier said.

The news comes after the Trump administration announced new sanctions on allies of Maduro as it struggles to find new ways to boost his opponent after an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the economically devastates nation faltered amid strong resistance from security forces loyal to the socialist leader.

Over the weekend, security forces on the borders with Colombia and Brazil fired tear gas and buckshot on activists waving Venezuelan flags while escorting trucks with emergency medical and food kits. Four people were killed and at least 300 wounded, although only a few were hospitalized.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.