News Briefs Venezuela Venezuela's Maduro administration is increasingly using brutal repression against its own armed forces in a bid to retain control of the military and the country, reports the New York Times. The case of navy captain Rafael Acosta Arévalo, who died in custody after being tortured, is emblematic. There are now 217 active and retired officers being held in Venezuelan jails, including 12 generals. The Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy has documented 250 cases of torture committed by Venezuelan security forces.