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    <text>Venezuela releases at least 29 detainees whom rights groups classify as political prisoners following a second round of talks between the interim government and opposition, while organizations continue verifying the number and identities of those freed. </text>
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    <text>Venezuela restores access to 17 news websites that were previously blocked, including EFE, &quot;El Nacional&quot;, NTN24, and &quot;Semana&quot;, as the interim government and opposition resume political transition talks that include freedom of expression. </text>
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    <text>Hundreds of inmates seize control of a prison in Barinas, Venezuela, and protest alleged torture and abuse, demanding the removal of the prison director as security forces surround the facility. </text>
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    <text>Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez raises the minimum income package by 26.3% to US$240 and increases pensions to $70, as the government responds to protests over low wages amid high inflation. </text>
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    <text>Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado says she will return to the country in the coming weeks. </text>
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    <text>The U.S. State Department urges Americans to leave Venezuela immediately, following reports that &quot;Colectivos&quot; were targeting them. </text>
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      <text>Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela. </text>
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      <text>Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded this year Nobel Peace Prize for her promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela. </text>
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      <text>Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded this year Nobel Peace Prize &quot;for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.&quot; </text>
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    <text>Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela. </text>
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    <text>Venezuelan opposition figures and civil society groups report that authorities released 13 detainees held after the disputed 2024 elections, with some freed outright and others placed under house arrest, while around 1,000 people remain in custody according to human rights organizations. </text>
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    <text>Parliamentary elections in Venezuela are held amidst heightened government repression and opposition boycott. </text>
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    <text>Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado makes her first public appearance in 133 days and is briefly arrested when her convoy is intercepted by security forces as it departs an anti-government protest in Caracas. The incident occurs the day before the ruling party-controlled National Assembly is scheduled to swear in Nicolás Maduro for a third term as president. </text>
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  <text>Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado announces she has returned to Venezuela from exile. </text>
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