Venezuela Begins Releasing Political Prisoners, Including Pastors and Foreigners

Nathan VanderKlippe : Jan 9, 2026
The Globe and Mail

[TheGlobeandMail.com] Venezuela has begun releasing political prisoners, including some foreigners, in what a senior member of the country's ruling regime described as an international olive branch in the wake of the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by US forces on the weekend. ... Under Mr. Maduro, the jailing of people from other countries was a strategy, researchers and human-rights groups say... "Today over 800 pastors and otherwise 'political prisoners' were let out of dungeons in Venezuela and set free," said Pastor Troy Brewer on an X post. "The gov't bowed their knee to the demands of the USA gov't but actually it was a bow to King #Jesus as He answers the prayers of His bride." -@pstroybrewer ... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via X-@pstrobrewer)