Venezuelan lawmaker and politician Juan Pablo Guanipa speaks during an event of the opposition party "Primero Justicia" to present him as its candidate for the presidential primary, in Caracas, Venezuela November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/ File Photo
(Reuters) -Well-known Venezuela opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of Maria Corina Machado, is under arrest for allegedly leading a terrorist plot, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday.
Officials regularly accuse the opposition of conspiring with countries such as the United States to commit terrorism, overthrow President Nicolas Maduro and attack Venezuela's power grid. The opposition has always denied the accusations.
