QUATIRE: Interim president Delcy Rodriguez promised Monday that Venezuelans in exile would be welcomed back with open arms following a new amnesty law passed after the US ouster of Nicolas Maduro, as authorities continued to slowly release prisoners.
“I am telling you: the doors of Venezuela, the arms of the Venezuelan people, are open to those who want to return in this process of healing from hatred,” she said in a televised address.
An estimated seven million Venezuelans have fled their homeland due to the political and economic crisis and many opposition figures live in exile.
A total of 34 prisoners were released Monday from the Rodeo I penitentiary east of Caracas to scenes of joy from waiting relatives.
Among those freed were military cadets accused of plotting a coup, as well as civilians linked to alleged assassination conspiracies — categories of prisoners some fear the amnesty law wouldn’t cover.
