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Venezuela frees jailed activists, ex-presidential candidate
Associated Press ^ | Dec 31, 2016 10:55 AM EST | Jorge Rueda

Posted on 12/31/2016 9:28:37 AM PST by Olog-hai

Venezuela’s government has freed a former presidential candidate and several student activists who were jailed during anti-government protests in 2014.

Former opposition candidate Manuel Rosales was imprisoned in October 2015 on charges of illicit enrichment upon returning to Venezuela after six years of exile in Peru. A former governor of Zulia state who ran for president in 2006, he was released before dawn Saturday along with five other activists who opposition groups consider to be political prisoners.

The releases come as a two-month-old, Vatican-mediated attempt at dialogue to ease tensions stemming from the country’s deep economic and political crisis hangs by a thread over the failure by unpopular President Nicolás Maduro to cede ground to opponents seeking his removal. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: maduro; rosales; socialism; venezuela

1 posted on 12/31/2016 9:28:37 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

There’s got to be a nefarious reason behind the releases.

Wonder what it is.


2 posted on 12/31/2016 9:35:21 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Olog-hai

The released prisoners would do well to go invisible. Chances of self-inflicted wounds to the back of the head are very high.


3 posted on 12/31/2016 9:35:37 AM PST by lurk (TEat)
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To: dp0622

No money to pay the guards.

No food to feed the prisoners....


4 posted on 12/31/2016 10:13:18 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Olog-hai

Venezuela: China’s Crown Jewel in the Atlantic.


5 posted on 12/31/2016 10:22:20 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: ridesthemiles

I wonder if a country’s ever been so downtrodden (besides during civil war) where they can’t even secure prisoners anymore.


6 posted on 12/31/2016 10:23:47 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: mrsmith

Also one of the biggest reminders of the neglect and demise of the Monroe Doctrine.


7 posted on 12/31/2016 10:28:20 AM PST by Olog-hai
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