Human rights activist Javier Tarazona and eight other Venezuelans were released from a Caracas prison on Sunday, according to a relative and a non-governmental organization, as detainees’ families voiced frustration over the slow pace of release, reported. reuters. Prisoner releases have picked up pace since Venezuela unveiled a release policy on January 8, following the…
Trump on Friday expressed gratitude to the Iranian leadership for refraining from executing what he said would have been hundreds of political prisoners. Trump his team had warned the Iranian government that continued killings would have “grave consequences”, according to the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at a press briefing on Thursday. She stated…
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela continued releasing political prisoners on Saturday, including a member of opposition leader María Corina Machado’s party, a week after President Nicolás Maduro was captured by US forces. Venezuelan authorities released at least five people, including Virgilio Laverde, youth coordinator for Machado’s Vente Venezuela party in the southern state of Bolívar, the human…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said President Nicolás Maduro was removed from power after refusing a negotiated exit, and called for opposition-backed candidate Edmundo González to assume the presidency. In a statement posted on X on Saturday, Machado said Maduro rejected efforts to negotiate a transition, leading to his removal. “Maduro was removed from…
