Overview
- Acting president Delcy Rodríguez instructed the immediate submission of a general amnesty bill to the National Assembly with stated backing from Nicolás Maduro.
- The plan calls for the operational closure of El Helicoide as a detention site and its conversion into community and sports facilities.
- Authorities report more than 600 recent releases tied to the shift, with the bill intended to extinguish many political cases.
- The proposed amnesty excludes crimes of blood and narcotrafficking, according to reporting on the draft.
- Editorials say the measures tacitly acknowledge past political repression and credit U.S. pressure for the pivot, while noting possible beneficiaries include Argentine detainees Nahuel Gallo and Germán Giuliani.