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Andrés Velásquez demands the release of all political prisoners and the setting of the electoral schedule

Andrés Velásquez, leader of La Causa R and former governor of Bolívar state, called for the release of all political prisoners in Venezuela, including civilians and military personnel, and demanded the formal scheduling of presidential elections.

Tracked question

How many political prisoners are held, and is the trend improving? · Full question dossier →

linked by topic terms: liberacion, political prisoners, presos politicos

What would settle it: Foro Penal's monthly count falling for two consecutive months with named releases.

Evidence state: insufficientas of Sep 13, 2026changed from emerging → insufficientnot yet linked to a tracked event object in our corpus — no source count yet

Andrés Velásquez urged the continuation and expansion of prisoner releases to all political detainees.

He demanded the formal establishment of an electoral calendar for presidential elections.

Velásquez called for full freedom for both civilian and military prisoners.

He stressed the need for national reconciliation based on constitutional guarantees and human rights.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-16 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.