🚨🇻🇪 BREAKING: VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF "SIGNIFICANT NUMBER" OF POLITICAL PRISONERS Venezuela's interim government is kicking off the release of a hefty batch of political prisoners. This counts both local and foreign, straight from the torture centers, as announced by National Assembly head Jorge Rodríguez. He's calling it a "unilateral gesture" to chase peace and chill tensions. Rodríguez, brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, kept the details light on numbers or names. Rights groups like Foro Penal peg the total political detainee count at over 800, with releases rolling out "in the next few hours." Historic move? Absolutely. But skeptics eye it as PR during oil talks and transition of power. Source: @agusantonetti, NYT, AP, Al Jazeera, Xinhua, WRAL