Dinorah Figuera, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly elected in 2015 and head of the opposition delegation in negotiations with the Chavista government, anticipated this Sunday new releases of political prisoners in Venezuela.
According to revelations, Jorge Rodríguez —president of the officialist Parliament and representative of the government in the negotiation table— informed that the regime is preparing an imminent public announcement regarding the release of a new group of detainees.
They are on the verge of an announcement regarding telling the country about the release of new political prisoners, Figuera stated, quoting the words that Rodríguez conveyed to him during a meeting held on Friday.
In statements gathered on social media by Venezuelan journalist Alberto Rodríguez, Figuera emphasized that the goal of the opposition table goes beyond partial releases: «We want to ensure that all political prisoners are freed».
The leader detailed that her team has worked to accurately identify how many women remain detained, how many individuals do not enjoy full health, how many military personnel are imprisoned for political reasons, and how many detainees have already served their sentence but remain incarcerated without being guaranteed their freedom.
“Everyone has had their due process violated,” he stated, describing the struggle for releases as “a personal moral commitment” and “a historical demand.”
The exact number of people to be released and the specific date of the government announcement were not reported.
Figuera's statements come in the context of a gradual release process that began in January 2026, following the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces on the 3rd of that month.
Since then, the government led by acting president Delcy Rodríguez has announced successive rounds of releases, although official figures differ significantly from those verified independently: the regime claims to have released more than 1,046 people, while Foro Penal confirmed 768 actual releases as of September 28, 2026.
As of November 6, more than 300 political prisoners remained incarcerated according to Foro Penal, with 68 of them held in El Rodeo I. The organization has recorded a total of 19,251 detentions for political reasons in Venezuela since 2014.
The repressive history of chavismo that underlies these negotiations includes the documented involvement of Cuban advisors in Venezuelan intelligence agencies.
The Independent International Commission of the UN, the OAS, and Human Rights Watch have highlighted the involvement of the Cuban G2 in SEBIN and DGCIM, including participation in interrogations, training of agents, and control of military promotions.
In his statements, Figuera invoked the memory of Fernando Albán, the opposition councilor of Caracas and leader of Primero Justicia, whom he described as "the godfather of my daughter."
Albán died in SEBIN custody in October 2018, three days after his arrest. The Venezuelan government ruled it a suicide, but the opposition and Amnesty International condemned it as murder; in December 2021, two SEBIN officials were convicted for his homicide.
Remember that I lost my daughter's godfather, Fernando Albán, while in custody, and he stands as a flag in memory of my dear friend and in the memory of all political prisoners who have been unable to gain their freedom and have died in custody, said Figuera, who concluded his message with a demand he described as a historical urgency: There must be a guarantee that all political prisoners can be released as soon as possible.
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