Overview
- At least four U.S. citizens were released, according to a CNN-sourced report welcomed by a U.S. State Department official, and Israel confirmed that Argentine‑Israeli detainee Jacob Harari was freed and returned to Tel Aviv.
- Access to X, blocked since 2024, was restored in Venezuela as service returned across networks, with Delcy Rodríguez and Diosdado Cabello resuming posts and Nicolás Maduro’s account reappearing with a detention message.
- Official claims of excarcerations vary from 116 to more than 400 since late 2024, while NGOs have verified 56–76 and warn many freed face travel bans, media gags, and court check-ins rather than full liberty.
- Opposition figure María Corina Machado met Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican and is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, according to media reports and the Holy See.
- From detention in the United States, Nicolás Maduro conveyed a public message urging Venezuelans to trust Rodríguez’s leadership, a statement relayed by his son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra.