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In Venezuela, an account of a kidnapping renews focus on violence against women

In Venezuela, an account of a kidnapping renews focus on violence against women

VIVIAN SEQUERA and MIRCELY GUANIPA In 2001, Linda Lopez was kidnapped and held for almost four months in a Caracas apartment, where she was repeatedly raped and tortured. Now, she has released a book about her experience and her years-long battle to bring the case to trial in a system that she says still fails Venezuelan women. The release of the book co-written by Lopez, a lawyer, and Luisa Kislinger, a Venezuelan writer and activist, has revived debate about violence against women and girls in Venezuela, which activists says is often overshadowed by the country's humanitarian and economic crisis. Venezuela…
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