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potatototoo99today at 9:09 AM3 repliesview on HN

Maduro's kidnapping was unlawful.


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voidUpdatetoday at 9:47 AM

Most kidnappings are...

lyu07282today at 1:08 PM

As an aside, I thought the BBC telling it's "journalists" not to call it a kidnapping was the most hilarious thing to come from this:

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/01/05/bbc-maduro-v...

> “Kidnapping” is an uncomfortable word. It suggests force, illegality and wrongdoing. “Captured” sounds more respectable. It belongs to the language of war. “Seized” sounds calmer still — almost administrative, like someone found it on a supermarket shelf.

nixasstoday at 11:52 AM

Forgot the /s