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Venezuela Releases Dozens of Political Prisoners

HeadlineJan 26, 2026

Venezuela’s interim government released more than 100 prisoners on Sunday. The Venezuelan human rights group Foro Penal said dozens of those released had been detained for political reasons. Interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has vowed to continue to release hundreds of prisoners, including opponents of President Nicolás Maduro, who remains in a New York jail, along with his wife, following a U.S. military strike on Caracas earlier this month that led to their abduction. Meanwhile, Rodríguez has said she’s had enough of what she slammed as orders from the Trump administration, saying the United States should “Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and internal conflicts. Enough of foreign powers.” Rodríguez spoke from the Caribbean coastal town of Puerto La Cruz on Sunday.

Interim President Delcy Rodríguez: “We are at the forefront of Venezuela’s economic and social happiness. And now it is up to us to become the country with the largest oil reserves in the world and the largest gas reserves in this hemisphere. Now it is up to us to become a true oil- and gas-producing power. We must not be afraid of the energy agenda, neither with the United States nor with the rest of the countries in the world.”

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