Venezuela begins releasing political detainees to ‘consolidate peace’

<p>Opposition leader María Corina Machado hails move to tackle ‘injustice’ as Spain’s foreign ministry confirms release of five Spanish nationals</p><p>Five days after the US seized Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has announced it is releasing an “important number” of detainees in what the congressional president characterised as a gesture to “consolidate peace”.</p><p>Former opposition candidate Enrique Márquez was among those released from prison, according to an opposition statement. “It’s all over now,” Márquez said in a video taken by a local journalist who accompanied him and his wife, as well as another opposition member Biagio Pilieri, who was also released.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/08/venezuela-to-release-important-number-of-detainees">Continue reading...</a>

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- [The Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/08/venezuela-to-release-important-number-of-detainees)

- 작성자: Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

- 발행일시: 2026. 1. 9. 오후 2:41:45