Venezuela frees 2 American prisoners after talks with U.S.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday night announced that two Americans being detained in Venezuela have been released, days after a U.S. delegation visited the country.
"Two Americans who were wrongfully detained in Venezuela will be able to hug their families once more," Biden said in a statement. "We are bringing Gustavo Cardenas and Jorge Fernandez home."
Biden and his predecessors in the White House have been at odds for years with Venezuela's leftist government, now led by the autocratic Nicolás Maduro. In recent weeks, though, there have been indications that the Biden administration might consider Venezuela as an alternate source of energy in order to blunt skyrocketing gas prices and replace oil coming in from Russia. The weekend trip by an American delegation was the highest-level visit by U.S. officials in years.
Cardenas has been held since November 2017. He was one of six executives for Citgo Petroleum who were arrested during a business meeting and accused of embezzlement. Other members of the group that has been called the Citgo6 remain incarcerated.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuela-frees-2-american-prisoners-after-talks-with-us/ar-AAUORGw
= new reply since forum marked as read
