CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez said Wednesday her government would continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolas Maduro's rule in what she described as “a new political moment” since his ouster by the US earlier this month.
It appeared to be an understatement for the Maduro loyalist now tasked with placating an unpredictable American president who has said he will “run” Venezuela, while also consolidating power in a government that long has seethed against US meddling.
Rodriguez opened her first press briefing since Maduro's capture by US forces with a conciliatory tone. Addressing journalists from a red carpet at the presidential palace in the capital, Caracas, she offered assurances that the process of releasing detainees — a move reportedly made at the behest of the Trump administration — “has not yet
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