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What Happened Last Week in Venezuela? 📱 U.S. Issues Telecommunications License

Venezuela's US-brokered dialogue table expanded its judicial nominations committee to 23 members, aiming to renew the Supreme Tribunal.

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Can the political opposition operate freely? · Full question dossier →

linked by topic terms: electoral

What would settle it: Opposition figures campaigning or returning without arrest, confirmed independently.

Evidence state: establishedas of Sep 13, 2026not yet linked to a tracked event object in our corpus — no source count yet

The dialogue table expanded the Judicial Nominations Committee from 21 to 23 members, with civil society holding a majority for the first time.

María Corina Machado stated in Der Spiegel that Venezuelans would not accept an election she is barred from contesting.

Enrique Márquez presented the 'Pact for Venezuela', proposing elections for unions, professional associations, and communes before presidential elections.

The interim government announced the release of 131 people, but Foro Penal verified only 78-81 releases, with discrepancies in official figures.

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