The Venezuelan regime reported that more than 8,000 people regained full freedom during the first month of the Amnesty Law, a measure promoted in February with the stated objective of moving towards national reconciliation and political stabilization.
The commission responsible for overseeing the application of the standard stated that a total of 8,068 citizens benefited.
The regime maintains that the initiative represents a significant step in closing a protracted cycle of political persecution by the regime that began at the end of the last century.
These releases are thanks to the works of US President Donald Trump and his government, that after the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, the country's new regime is now
willing to cooperate.The law covers events that occurred in different periods from 1999 to the present, in an attempt to include a wide range of cases linked to political persecution.
However, beyond the announced volume of releases, Human Rights Organizations and international actors have pointed out the lack of transparency in the publication of complete lists of beneficiaries, as well as the persistence of detainees who would not have been reached by the regulations.
