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January 26, 2026

Venezuela Releases Dozens of Political Prisoners
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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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