• Venezuela.Deputy Juan Requesens released after two years in the Helicoide dungeons
  • Venezuela.Juan Requesens, the young deputy hated by the Chavista power

"Eternal repudiation of tyrants and tyranny. Now and forever." Juan Guillermo Requesens, a prestigious Venezuelan traumatologist who for 752 days fought without fainting for the freedom of his son, went to his appointment with social networks just as he had done during the two years of hell. Despite the fact that his son Juan, a 31-year-old deputy, is already resting at home after his ex-jail on Friday, he made it very clear again which country he lives in.

The release of the parliamentarian from the centrist Primero Justicia (PJ), one of the most emblematic political prisoners of Chavismo, comes after two years of mistreatment in the sinister dungeons of Helicoide, one of the headquarters of the Chavista political police. Two years imprisoned, between torture, the young man was even drugged with burundanga to record a self-incriminating video. And all this despite having parliamentary immunity , despite international appeals and knowing that there is not a single evidence against him.

The revolution chose him as the scapegoat in the alleged drone attack against Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of having helped one of the participants to cross the border with Colombia. A border for which four million people have fled without needing any help.

"The place of confinement to his house was changed. He will have police stationing 24 hours a day. He is still in prison, only he will be at home, " said his defense attorney, Joel García.

In political circles it is believed that Chavismo's humanitarian measure is a concession to former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles , who is also a member of PJ, but remains estranged from its leaders and from Juan Guaidó, president in charge of the country. For the next few hours, the release of a group of political prisoners is planned , with the intention that some of them participate as candidates in the fraudulent parliamentary elections in December, which would further remove the complicated panorama of the democratic opposition.

Capriles is considering presenting a list of candidates for the parliamentary elections to directly confront the regime despite the fact that 27 opposition parties have already advanced that they do not recognize the elections and despite the systematic intervention imposed by the Miraflores Palace against the democratic parties and also against the revolutionary parties that wanted to present an alternative list to the ruling United Party of Venezuela (PSUV).

Until now, the PJ itself, Voluntad Popular (VP) and Acción Democrática (AD), an ally of the PSOE in the region, have already been intervened by the government, in addition to the small Nuvipa party and the Marxist Red Flag, signatory to the agreement of the 27. In the other trench Patria Para Todos (PPT), the Tupamaros and Compromiso País were also handed over to Maduro's followers to turn their strategies around.

"A first step, brother. We must correct the course, stand next to the people and take our people out of the dark," said Capriles, present at Requesens' return to the family home and who even transmitted the first hugs on Instagram of the deputy with his parents.

Almost 400 political prisoners

"We will not rest until each political prisoner is released," Guaidó said, while almost 400 prisoners still remain in the dungeons of Chavismo. Alfredo Romero, president of the Penal Forum, warned once again about the political use carried out by the revolution with these prisoners, the famous "revolving doors" so denounced by human rights organizations: some leave jail, without full freedom , and others enter.

Four VP deputies, the party of Guaidó and Leopoldo López, are part of that cursed list: behind bars, Gilber Caro and Renzo Prieto; Ismael León and Tony Geara are under house arrest.

One of the first to react was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, which congratulated itself on the release and also insisted "on a negotiated political solution to the crisis by holding elections." The Spanish Foreign Ministry later regretted that Requesens remains under house arrest.

It so happens that Requesens is in the process of obtaining Spanish nationality , which is already possessed by both his parents and his sister Rafaela, an influential university leader. Catalan blood runs in the Requesens family, with roots in Mataró. The deputy, a fervent culé supporter, was called upon to lead the opposition in the future since a decade ago he defeated the candidate sponsored by Hugo Chávez at the country's main public university.

Hardened in classroom battles, always in the front row of the protest and with a vibrant speech in Parliament. The last one, a few hours before his arrest, still resonates in the National Assembly (AN), one of the best pieces of oratory of the current legislature. And it was also premonitory: " I refuse to surrender , I refuse to kneel in front of those who today want to break our morale. Many brothers are out of the country today or are underground because they were killed, because you killed them, Nicolás. Today I can speak from here, tomorrow I don't know. "

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