/tags/political-prisoner political prisoner en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:15:00 GMT /americas/2026-03-13/a-canceled-meeting-between-leaders-dashes-hopes-of-families-of-colombian-prisoners-in-venezuela Families of Colombians imprisoned in Venezuela gathered at a Colombia-Venezuela bridge hoping to appeal for the release of their relatives during a meeting that never happened. On Friday, relatives arrived at the crossing expecting to display signs requesting their relatives' release during a scheduled meeting between Colombia's president and Venezuela's acting president. But the governments abruptly canceled the meeting the night before. Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:15:00 GMT /americas/2026-03-13/a-canceled-meeting-between-leaders-dashes-hopes-of-families-of-colombian-prisoners-in-venezuela Marko Ã�lvarez and Astrid Suárez | Associated Press /americas/2026-01-08/venezuela-says-its-releasing-a-significant-number-of-prisoners-as-gesture-to-seek-peace The head of Venezuela's national assembly says a "significant number" of citizens and foreigners will be released from prison as a gesture to "seek peace." The announcement by Jorge Rodríguez on Thursday comes less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face federal drug-trafficking charges in New York. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:40:49 GMT /americas/2026-01-08/venezuela-says-its-releasing-a-significant-number-of-prisoners-as-gesture-to-seek-peace Jorge Rueda | Associated Press /2018-05-18/state-dept-has-serious-concerns-for-safety-of-utah-man-imprisoned-in-venezuela Earlier this week, 26-year-old Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in the South American country since 2016, uploaded a video to Facebook expressing fear that fellow inmates were trying to kill him. Fri, 18 May 2018 09:23:23 GMT /2018-05-18/state-dept-has-serious-concerns-for-safety-of-utah-man-imprisoned-in-venezuela Scott Neuman