A number of prominent critics have started to emerge from hiding to test the limits of political speech after years of ...

Human rights groups in Venezuela have accused the government of inflating the number of freed prisoners, while officials ...

A human rights lawyer and a communications student are among those freed, Caracas-based Foro Penal says.

Pro-Maduro protesters hold banners calling on US to release 'kidnapped' President and First Lady Cilia Flores.

They were released from prisons across the country, and more releases were likely taking place, said Alfredo Romero, the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — Relatives of jailed opposition figures, activists and journalists ...

A leading Venezuelan human rights group says at least 80 political prisoners have been released under pressure from the US.