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MADRID, December 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday defended the approval of a “general amnesty” by Venezuelan authorities, after that country’s government released some 70 people detained during protests following the July 28 presidential election.
“A general amnesty and dialogue between all sectors of Venezuelan society to build a government that represents everyone and generates confidence in democracy,” he said on his social media account.
The Colombian president also defended in the same publication that “it is not about threats but about the paths to peace in Colombia, Venezuela and the Caribbean”, in a context of growing tensions with the administration of Donald Trump, including attacks on alleged drug boats, its announced intention to intervene in Venezuelan territory and the interception of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving the coast of Venezuela.
The reports provided by several Venezuelan NGOs, including the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners (CLPP), differ slightly but they all point to between 60 and 75 people released from prison in the last few hours and agree that it is far from the “1,085 people deprived of liberty for political reasons”, recorded by the association Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón.
Currently, according to Foro Penal, 902 people are still detained for political reasons in Venezuela and 62 are in a state of enforced disappearance.
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