Updates to our Terms of Use

We are updating our Terms of Use. Please carefully review the updated Terms before proceeding to our website.

Log in to CasePortal
Search Articles
Free Litigation Reports Find Judicial Opinions

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

View Back issues
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Venezuelan Dissident

The family of a Venezuelan opposition activist who died in government custody filed a defamation and wrongful death lawsuit against President Nicolas Maduro and other top officials, claiming they falsely stated he committed suicide and may have tried to assassinate Maduro.

/ February 22, 2021
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives his annual address to the nation before members of the Constituent Assembly on the grounds of the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

MIAMI — The family of a Venezuelan opposition activist who died in government custody filed a defamation and wrongful death lawsuit against President Nicolas Maduro and other top officials, claiming they falsely stated he committed suicide and may have tried to assassinate Maduro.

Categories / Government, International

Subscribe to our free newsletters

Our weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.

Loading...