Venezuela Opponents Demand Elections and Release of Hundreds of Prisoners After Failed Pledge
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Updated · NPR · May 25
Venezuela Opponents Demand Elections and Release of Hundreds of Prisoners After Failed Pledge
13 articles · Updated · NPR · May 25
Opponents of Venezuela's U.S.-backed interim government are demanding elections and the release of hundreds of political prisoners after a promised prisoner release did not happen.
Hundreds of detainees were expected to be freed, but the failure to carry out that pledge has become the immediate trigger for renewed political pressure.
The demands tie prisoner freedom to a broader push for electoral legitimacy, widening the dispute beyond the broken release promise.
With Maduro gone, why does Venezuela's new government continue to jail opponents using the same repressive state apparatus?
Venezuela's constitutional deadline for elections has passed. Is the U.S.-backed interim government becoming a new, unelected regime?
After a $4.7 billion U.S. operation, is the goal in Venezuela true democracy or securing access to its oil and minerals?