Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on Saturday over its contested election, as President Nicolas Maduro told supporters some 2,000 people had been arrested during protests against the results. The published election result sparked widespread allegations of fraud and protests. Subsequently security forces cracked down on protests which Maduro’s government labeled part of an attempted U.S.-backed coup. “This time there will be no forgiveness,” Maduro told supporters at a rally in Caracas, where he said some 2,000 people had been detained in connection to “crimes” during the protests. During the week, some Venezuelans have appeared outside police stations seeking news of their detained family members.

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Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Maduro, Edmundo Gonzalez, ” Maduro, ” Maduro’s, …, ” Alfredo Valera, Venezuela’s, Maria Corina Machado, “, ” Machado, Machado, ”, Maria Luzardo, Gonzalez, Antony Blinken Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Rights Watch, of American, OAS, Nations, U.S Locations: U.S, Caracas, Valencia, Maracaibo, San Cristobal, Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Uruguay, Russia, China, Cuba