Overview
- The national press union SNTP says 11 journalists and media workers were released, with 24 still in detention and arrests tied to independent reporting and activism.
- The interim government claims it has freed more than 400 political detainees, a figure human-rights groups dispute.
- State oil company PDVSA has resumed exports, with at least two supertankers carrying roughly 1.8 million barrels each departing as Reuters reports a possible supply agreement of up to 50 million barrels for the United States.
- Caracas is sending envoy Félix Plasencia to meet senior U.S. officials in Washington on the same day opposition leader María Corina Machado is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump.
- A poll commissioned by The Economist finds nearly half of Venezuelans support some U.S. oversight during the transition, two-thirds want new elections, and Delcy Rodríguez’s approval is low despite rising optimism about the year ahead.