Jorge Rodríguez announced that 300 people will be released this week in Venezuela, amid pressure from Trump and criticism from HRW and Foro Penal regarding the opaque implementation of the amnesty law.

  • stalinmustacheuwu@lemmygrad.ml
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    15 days ago

    Holy enlightenment, if there is a god im asking it to bless you rn. Jokes aside, i appreciate your insight in Latin-America sooo much.

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      15 days ago

      The fundamental error was taking the western aligned media’s framing of the imprisoned as “political prisoners” for granted. There are no political prisoners in Venezuela. There are prisoners who committed crimes against the Venezuelan law. Certain crimes are eligible for amnesty, others are not. Simple as that.