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Venezuela slowly releases prisoners for 3rd day after goodwill effort announced

As of Saturday night, only 16 people imprisoned for political reasons had been released, according to Foro Penal, a Venezuelan advocacy group for prisoners. Eight hundred and four remained imprisoned,

Venezuela says it’s releasing a ‘significant number’ of prisoners as a gesture to ‘seek peace’

Jorge Rodríguez, brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez and head of the National Assembly, did not specify whom they would be releasing or how many people would be released. But he said the release of prisoners “is happening right now.

Venezuela to free large number of prisoners, parliament speaker says

Venezuela will release a large number of prisoners as a "peace" gesture, the president of the National Assembly said on Thursday. Jorge Rodríguez, who is the brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez,
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