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Fondly known as Mama Samia, the 65-year-old president is now facing mounting accusations of heading a repressive government responsible for violently crushing historic protests.

Despite promises not to return to the repressive measures seen during their first rule in the 1990s, public floggings and executions were re-imposed by the Taliban authorities.

What's more, in recent years a string of repressive laws has been adopted here to punish dissent and silence criticism of the Kremlin and of Russia's war in Ukraine.

She calls the regime “a cartel,” and says that “Chavez designed the tragedy Venezuelans live today. He created the largest repressive, corrupt, and oppressive apparatus ever built in the Western hemisphere.”

Human Rights Watch has condemned the vote as a "sham", while Amnesty International accused the junta of "repressive tactics" and "and arresting anyone critical of the poll".