At least 379 people held in Venezuela for political reasons are expected to be released from prison this weekend after submitting their applications under an amnesty bill that was signed into law this week,

James Luckey-Lange has been spending a lot of time looking at the names he carved on a bar of soap he smuggled out of a Venezuelan prison in his underwear.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s legislature on Thursday approved an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, lawyers and many others, effectively acknowledging that the government has held hundreds of people in prison for political motivations.

He was released from prison on parole in a wheelchair, after spending more than four years locked up in a jail he walked into — on crutches, but walking nonetheless. He was arrested days after conducting an interview.

Juan Guanipa, one of the closest allies of opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado, had been held at a detention facility since May 2025.

Venezuela's top prosecutor says his office has requested the arrest of Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader María Corina Machado.

Venezuela's "El Helicoide" was built back in the days of seemingly endless oil wealth and meant to be a flashy, space-age-looking shopping center. But this structure shaped like a three-sided pyramid with a domed top never opened and instead became a ...