{"id":111129,"date":"2026-01-14T20:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=111129"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:54:22","slug":"venezuelan-acting-president-says-hundreds-of-prisoners-have-been-released-since-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=111129","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan acting president says hundreds of prisoners have been released since December"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Venezuela\u2019s acting president Delcy Rodr\u00edguez said Wednesday that hundreds of people have been released from government detention since December.<\/p>\n

Some 194 releases took place in December 2025 under her predecessor Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, she said in her first briefing to the press from the Miraflores Palace, \u201cand as of today we can say that the total number of releases planned for these days has reached 406.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is not clear whether all 406 prisoners have already been released from custody.<\/p>\n

However, Gonzalo Homiob, vice president of Foro Penal, a group that tracks prisoner releases in Venezuela, told CNN that since the government announced its new release effort on January 8, following the capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro by US forces, only 76 prisoners had been released.<\/p>\n

After the raid on Maduro, US officials demanded that Venezuela release its political prisoners, according to a source familiar with a Trump administration briefing with key lawmakers earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Both the Venezuelan opposition and foreign governments have long accused Maduro\u2019s government of taking political prisoners, though Caracas has dismissed international reports on arbitrary detentions as \u201cirresponsible, biased\u201d and \u201cinterventionist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez added on Wednesday that Venezuela is in a \u201cnew political moment, that allows for understanding from divergence and from political and ideological diversity, but it must be with respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt must be with respect toward others, it must be with respect for human rights,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said. \u201cMessages of hate, intolerance, and acts of violence will not be allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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