Juan Guanipa, one of the closest allies of opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado, had been held at a detention facility since May 2025.

James Luckey-Lange has been spending a lot of time looking at the names he carved on a bar of soap he smuggled out of a Venezuelan prison in his underwear.

The bill may bring the release of hundreds of political prisoners. But many critics say the legislation, passed after major pressure from the Trump administration, raises concerns.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said early Monday that colleague Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped hours after he and 34 other jailed politicians were released from prison.

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab asked a court on Monday to approve the rearrest of Juan Pablo Guanipa shortly after he was kidnapped by “heavily armed men” in Caracas, as claimed by opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

GUANARE, Venezuela(AP) — Freedom came too late for Edilson Torres. The police officer was buried Tuesday in his humble, rural hometown following his death in a Venezuelan prison, where he was held incommunicado since being detained in December on what ...

Key Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa has been placed under house arrest, his son said, two days after he was re-arrested by heavily armed men following his release from a jail where he was held as a political prisoner.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped in Caracas just hours after his release from detention, his son and opposition allies said.Ramon Guanipa, in a video posted to his