Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Venezuela frees at least two Americans after talks with US - The Jerusalem Post

Venezuela released at least two jailed US citizens on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said, in an apparent goodwill gesture toward the Biden administration following a visit to Caracas by a high-level US delegation.

One of the freed prisoners was identified as Gustavo Cardenas, one of six Citgo oil executives arrested in 2017 and convicted on charges the US government says were fabricated, the sources said. The other was a Cuban American detained on unrelated charges, they said.

The weekend meetings focused not only on the fate of Americans held in Venezuela but on possibly easing US oil sanctions on the OPEC member, a close Russian ally, to fill the supply gap once President Joe Biden banned Russian oil imports in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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  1. Nach Gesprächen zwischen den USA und Venezuela vor dem Hintergrund des russischen Angriffskriegs in der Ukraine soll ein inhaftierter ehemaliger US-Ölmanager in dem südamerikanischen Krisenstaat freigelassen worden sein. „Man hat uns informiert, dass einer der Manager von Citgo, Gustavo Cárdenas, tatsächlich aus dem Gefängnis entlassen wurde“, schrieb der Vizepräsident der venezolanischen Nichtregierungsorganisation „Foro Penal“, Gonzalo Himiob, am Dienstag auf Twitter. Auch die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters berichtete unter Berufung auf Insider von der Freilassung.

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