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Restrictions and harassment against the press overshadow the start of the dialogue overseen by the US

The opening of a dialogue session between opposition and government representatives in Venezuela was marred by restrictions on access for journalists, allowing only photographers while barring reporters and video crews.

Access to the dialogue venue was restricted, allowing only photographers.

Journalists and video crews were explicitly denied entry to the negotiation space.

A journalist was directly intimidated, had her phone seized, and her photos were deleted by unidentified men.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-07 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.