Caracas, Jan 31, 2026 (AFP) - Venezuela's 'Helicoide' prison synonymous with torture of dissenters

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Venezuela's "El Helicoide" was built back in the days of seemingly endless oil wealth and meant to be a flashy, space-age-looking shopping center. But this structure shaped like a three-sided pyramid with a domed top never opened and instead became a prison synonmous with torture and other abuses under decades of harsh leftwing rule. Now Venezuelans are rejoicing because interim president Delcy Rodriguez has announced its closure -- another gestu......

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