Venezuela says it will release an ‘important number’ of prisoners
Move to free locals and foreigners comes after decade of harsh repression by Maduro regime
Move to free locals and foreigners comes after decade of harsh repression by Maduro regime

Move is a hopeful sign in repressive nation weeks after US toppled former leader Nicolás Maduro

Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists arrested as government crackdown on dissent widens

Emerging from hiding for Nobel Peace Prize, María Corina Machado quietly backs US pressure on Maduro regime

Former finance minister and economists detained, sowing fears of return to economic ruin

US capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro has led to tentative hopes of democracy in the oil-rich nation

A cast of characters in Caracas may have a role but none so much as the US president