Machado’s allies said after his release that “there is much to discuss about Venezuela’s present and future.”

Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa has been released from prison, his family said in a statement.

Guanipa’s release on Sunday is the latest high-profile release by the Caracas government, which faces pressure from the United States to release political prisoners.

Human rights group Foro Penal said it had verified the release of 383 political prisoners since the government announced a series of new releases on January 8.

“Ten months of hiding and almost nine months of being imprisoned here,” Guanipa said after his release.

“There is much to discuss about Venezuela’s present and future, but always with the truth at the center.”

Guanipa, famous politician Venezuela Nobel Peace Prize winner and close ally of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested in May 2025 after months in hiding on suspicion of leading a “terror” plot. His family and political movement strenuously deny the accusations.

Earlier this month, Guanipa’s family said they had seen him in person for the first time in months and that he was in good health.

In a statement from X, Machado celebrated Guanipa’s release and called for the release of all political prisoners.

Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia also called for the “immediate release” of all political prisoners.

“These versions are not meant to be completely free,” he posted on X.

“As long as legal proceedings remain open and restrictive measures, threats or surveillance remain in place, persecution will continue,” he added.

Venezuela’s opposition and human rights groups have said for years that the country’s government uses detentions to stamp out dissent.

However, the government denies holding political prisoners and says those imprisoned have committed crimes.

The country’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, also announced a proposed “amnesty law” for hundreds of prisoners in the country and said the country’s notorious Hellicode detention center, long condemned by human rights groups as a site of prisoner abuse, would be converted into a sports and social services center in the capital.

The legislation, which would provide immediate clemency to people jailed for participating in political protests or criticizing public figures, return assets to detainees and remove Interpol and other international measures previously issued by the government, was passed in a preliminary vote in the National Assembly this week. However, the bill needs to be approved again to become law.

Rodriguez, who took office last month after the United States kidnapped and deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, has been releasing political prisoners and complying with U.S. demands for oil deals.