Venezuela Begins Releasing…

Venezuela has begun releasing political prisoners, a move that could signal the country’s new leadership is responding to pressure from the United States amid broader negotiations over sanctions, oil sales, and detained foreign nationals.

The announcement was made Thursday by Jorge Rodríguez, the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, who said the government was freeing an “important number” of prisoners as part of what he described as a unilateral effort to “maintain the peace,