The opposition leader, María Corina Machado, assured that the general amnesty law is “a product of real pressure from the United States” and said she hopes it becomes a reality.
“Obviously, it is not something that the regime voluntarily wanted to do, but rather it is a product of the real pressure it has received from the Government of the United States,” he said in the talk ‘Let’s talk about Venezuela’ with journalist Michael Stott at the Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias (Colombia).
Machado, 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, said that in the oil country “the regime’s repressive apparatus is brutal” and “has responded to the interests of the multiple criminal forces that make up this regime.”
The opposition added that in Venezuela “there are political prisoners who have been in prison for 23 years,” as is the case of three metropolitan police officers, and there are others “who have been disappeared.”
“As we all know, we have lived through 27 years of persecution and repression, and of silencing the voices of all citizens; housewives, students, doctors, political leaders. Today there are political prisoners who have been in prison for 23 years and people who have been detained in the last… pic.twitter.com/HXXP8yNTpz
— Official Spokesperson of Venezuela (@voceriavzla) January 31, 2026
News in update
We are working on expanding this information. Shortly, the editorial staff of EL ESPAÑOL will offer you an update on all the data on this news.
To receive the latest news on your mobile phone, you can download our newspaper application to iOS devices y Androidas well as subscribe to access all exclusive content, receive our Newsletters and enjoy the Ñ Zone, only for subscribers.