Nicolás Maduro pardons fifty political prisoners, exiles and persecuted

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Nicolás Maduro has today decreed

when there are only a few days left until the nominations for the candidate for the December parliamentary elections are closed.

The list is so extensive that it ranges from political prisoners to jailed deputies to persecuted and disqualified leaders,

The decision, which was suspected since last week, comes three days after the release of parliamentarian Juan Requesens, after two years in unjust jail.

The former university leader has refused to swell the lists of candidates for the National Assembly (AN), one of the regime's strategies to torpedo the opposition's unity.

Among the beneficiaries are the two deputies who suffer illegal imprisonment,

, two of Chavismo's favorite victims for years.

Both are members of Voluntad Popular (VP), the party of the president in charge,

Other emblematic political prisoners are also on the list, such as the critical Chavista

.

Political leaders of great weight such as

, leader of Acción Democrática (AD), a party ally of the PSOE;

, vice president of the democratic Parliament;

, among others.

Roberto Marrero

, Guaidó's chief of staff until his arrest last year, is also among the beneficiaries, as well as the Spanish-Venezuelan

, a close collaborator of the opposition leader whose release the Spanish government had insistently demanded.

Among the exiles are

, who currently serves as Guaidó's ambassador to Colombia.

And among the asylees in embassies is

, VP number two, who has remained since 2017 in the Chilean legation of Caracas.

"The intention of the Bolivarian Government is to deepen the process of national reconciliation, for the national union, so that political affairs are settled by peaceful and democratic means," justified Vice President

, who acknowledged the contacts of the high government with factors of the opposition.

Among them, although not public, is the former presidential candidate

, who has sought ways of understanding to free the prisoners and to whom a large part of the release of his partner in Primero Justicia, Requesens, is attributed.

Until a few hours ago,

, according to figures from the Penal Forum, recognized by the Organization of American States (OAS).

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