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Blinken hopes to have good news to share on prisoners held in Venezuela
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0:46Now PlayingU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he hopes to have good news to share on prisoners held in Venezuela later on Wednesday (December 20), he told reporters at a year-end news conference.
A high-level Venezuelan source earlier on Wednesday said the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro plans to release up to 36 people, including 12 Americans, in exchange for the release by the U.S. government of a Maduro ally.
The Maduro ally is Colombian businessman Alex Saab, the source said. U.S. prosecutors have accused Saab of siphoning off some $350 million from Venezuela via the U.S. in a scheme that involved bribing Venezuelan government officials. He denies the charge.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden relaxed sanctions on Venezuela in October in response to an agreement by the government to hold fair elections in 2024.
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