Venezuelan politician Freddy Superlano, a prominent figure in the opposition Voluntad Popular party, had his house arrest order lifted on Friday. The development was revealed in a video posted on his Instagram account, where a national police official read out the release order before a technician removed his ankle monitor.…
More than 200 Venezuelan political prisoners began a hunger strike Sunday to demand their release under a new amnesty law that excludes many of them. Protest at Rodeo I Prison At Rodeo I prison, located about 40 kilometers east of Caracas, inmates shouted slogans such as “Freedom!” and “Release us…
Venezuela on Tuesday began freeing detained American citizens, a U.S. official said, in what Washington described as a positive step by the South American country’s interim leadership following the removal of former President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. State Department confirmed that multiple Americans held in Venezuelan prisons have been released,…