Adriana Abreu, wife of Guillermo López, regional coordinator of the Vente Venezuela party in Trujillo state, gave a statement in front of the El Helicoide building in Caracas. During her remarks, Abreu denounced that her husband's arrest is solely due to his work in favor of democratic change in the country.

Her testimony was marked by the family's emotional distress over his imprisonment: Abreu explained that her 4-year-old son is unaware of his father's situation, having been told that he is on a "secret mission."

She also lamented that López has missed crucial moments in their son's development because of his incarceration. Guillermo López's family joins the call of the families of other detainees, demanding that the rights and freedoms of all political prisoners in Venezuela be respected.

In Caracas, they are protesting on the Francisco Fajardo highway and calling for the release of political prisoners.

⚠️🇻🇪🇵🇦 President Mulino announces the release of a Panamanian detained in Venezuela

Olmedo Javier Núñez had been detained since last June for alleged espionage

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Leaked audio of Delcy:

- The regime never imagined a US intervention in Caracas so flawless and devastating.

- Diosdado, Jorge, and Delcy had 15 minutes to decide whether to cooperate with the US or not, under the threat of being neutralized.

⚡️🇺🇸🇻🇪Bloomberg: Western investors in Venezuelan oil face the diplomatic issue that the U.S. and several other countries do not recognize the Rodriguez government as the legitimate government.

Rather on paper they recognize several opposition figures as forming the legitimate government, which will cause issues during legal disputes over investments.

Until the U.S. officially recognizes the current Venezuelan government, U.S. companies will not make long term investments in the country out of fear for the security of those investments.

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🛢 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 Trump administration weighs naval blockade to halt Cuban oil imports

That escalation has been sought by some critics of the Cuban government in the administration and backed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to two of the three people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive discussions. No decision has been made on whether to approve that move, but it could be among the suite of possible actions presented to President Donald Trump to force the end of Cuba’s communist government, these people added.

Preventing shipments of crude oil to the island would be a step-up from Trump’s statement last week that the U.S. would halt Cuba’s imports of oil from Venezuela, which had been its main crude supplier.

The loss of Venezuelan oil shipments — and the resale of some of those cargoes that Havana used to obtain foreign currency — has already throttled Cuba’s laggard economy. A total blockade of oil imports into Cuba could then spark a humanitarian crisis, a possibility that has led some in the administration to push back against it.

⚡️ “Energy is the chokehold to kill the regime,” said one person familiar with the plan who was granted anonymity to describe the private discussions. Deposing the country’s communist government – in power since the Cuban revolution in 1959 – is “100 percent a 2026 event” in the administration’s eyes, this person added.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/trump-administration-weighs-naval-blockade-to-halt-cuban-oil-imports-00744708

International Amnesty calls on Delcy Rodríguez to release human rights defenders

The international NGO denounced on Thursday that Javier Tarazona, Kennedy Tejeda, and Eduardo Torres are still being arbitrarily detained, and also criticized that Rocío San Miguel and Carlos Julio Rojas were released from prison but still face charges against them

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has announced that, at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, military forces under Joint Task Force-Southern Spear (JTF-SS) carried out a strike earlier today, January 23, against an apparent narco-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO). According to SOUTHCOM, intelligence indicated that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route and participating in cartel operations, with two male narco-terrorists killed in the strike, while a third survived and is currently being searched for by the U.S. Coast Guard.

NGO warns that "they have released people whose cases were not public".
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Foro Penal confirms the release of 156 political prisoners in Venezuela since the beginning of January

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In La Quebradita de San Martín, with candles in hand and the photograph of activist José Riera, his sisters and relatives held a heartfelt vigil to denounce the uncertainty surrounding his case.

Riera was detained on July 26, 2025, and after months of institutional silence, his family still hasn't received an official response confirming his whereabouts.

Although they suspect he is being held in the local police center, the lack of information from the State has motivated his sisters to demand not only his immediate release, but also an urgent presumption of life.

This vigil joins the multiple demonstrations of faith and resistance of this day, where Venezuelan families reiterate that they will not rest until justice is obtained for those who have been deprived of their freedom for political reasons.