{"id":12155,"date":"2026-01-09T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12155"},"modified":"2026-01-09T22:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:00:45","slug":"venezuela-begins-releasing-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12155","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela Begins Releasing Political Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Prisoner Releases Announced<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venezuela has begun freeing political prisoners amid U.S. pressure,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>raising cautious hope among families and advocates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assembly leader Jorge Rodr\u00edguez said an \u201cimportant number\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of detainees were released in a \u201cunilateral effort to preserve peace,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>without naming names or setting a timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unclear Scope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups estimate \u201cbetween 800 and 900 political prisoners\u201d remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activists say authorities have not published an official list, leaving uncertainty about who qualifies for release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Signs of Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite limited details, releases surfaced quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video showed opposition figure Enrique M\u00e1rquez after his apparent freedom,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and Spain confirmed five nationals, including Roc\u00edo San Miguel, were preparing to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pressure and Stakes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House called the move \u201cproof of Washington\u2019s leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talks also cover oil sales, with President Trump saying revenues would buy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201conly American-made goods.\u201d Critics warn humanitarian stakes remain high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prisoner Releases Announced Venezuela has begun freeing political prisoners amid U.S. pressure, raising cautious hope among families and advocates. Assembly leader Jorge Rodr\u00edguez said an \u201cimportant number\u201d of detainees were released in a \u201cunilateral effort to preserve peace,\u201d without naming names or setting a timeline. Unclear Scope Rights groups estimate \u201cbetween 800 and 900 political&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12157,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155\/revisions\/12157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}