Students in Caracas to demand release of political prisoners
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“Students from Venezuela’s leading universities blocked the main highway in Caracas to demand the immediate release of political prisoners.”
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While one web search result title mentions 'Students in Caracas to demand release of political prisoners', the other provided evidence (Wikipedia on 2014 protests, NYT homepage, and El Universal homepage) does not provide specific details confirming a highway blockade by students for this specific purpose. Only one relevant snippet supports the event.
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— The 2014 Venezuelan protests began in February 2014 when hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protested due to high levels of criminal violence, inflation, and chronic scarcity of basic goods because …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2014_Venezuela…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2014_Venezuela…
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— Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news, poli…
https://www.nytimes.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/
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“more than 450 people remain imprisoned despite government promises of amnesty and reconciliation.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the number of political prisoners. Two separate web search results cite the NGO Foro Penal reporting 473 political prisoners, and a third source explicitly mentions 'more than 450 people remain imprisoned despite government promises of amnesty'.
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— Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez declared on April 24 that the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence was "coming to an end," despite the Caracas-based human rights NGO Foro Penal reportin…
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/04/28/venezuelan-president…
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/04/28/venezuelan-president…
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— Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez Delcy Rodríguez said the country's recent amnesty is ending as the NGO Foro Penal reports that 473 political prisoners remain in custody. In addition, Carac…
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2026/04/venezuelan-p…
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2026/04/venezuelan-p…
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— Demonstrators said more than 450 people remain imprisoned despite government promises of amnesty and reconciliation.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/5/14/aje-onl-n…
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/5/14/aje-onl-n…
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