Venezuelan authorities released opposition lawmaker Edgar Zambrano from custody ...
CARACAS - Venezuelan authorities released opposition lawmaker Edgar Zambrano from custody on Tuesday, four months after his arrest on treason charges, a move his allies said was a result of popular pressure, not a sign of goodwill from President Nicolas Maduro.
“I managed to escape from a situation that I hope all political prisoners manage to escape from,” Zambrano told reporters after being released. Nearly 800 people were arbitrarily detained in Venezuela as of May 31, according to a July report by Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Monday’s deal was not backed by the mainstream opposition parties who control the National Assembly, including Edgar Zambrano’s Democratic Action and Guaido’s Popular Will.
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