Caracas, Feb 5, 2026 (AFP) - Venezuela amnesty bill excludes gross rights abuses under Chavez, Maduro

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2026-02-05

Venezuelan MPs on Thursday started examining an amnesty bill which will cover "treason" and other charges used to lock up dissidents, but not "serious violations" committed over 27 years of socialist rule, a draft showed. The bill is an initiative of interim president Delcy Rodriguez, who stepped into the shoes of long-term leader Nicolas Maduro after he was deposed in a US military operation one month ago. Rodriguez, who has been working with US......

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