Senior Venezuelan opposition figure arrested as court challenge to election fails

Party aide detained as supreme court rebuffs attempt by Henrique Capriles to overturn results of 14 April presidential poll Venezuelan authorities ordered the arrest of a close aide to opposition leader Henrique Capriles and military agents searched the man's apartment, the opposition said, calling it proof of a new wave of political repression. The highest court, meanwhile, rejected Capriles's challenge to the results of the 14 April presidential election in which he narrowly lost to ruling par...