RT-Engels: 20-02-2026,
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez proposed the law shortly after the US abducted Nicolas Maduro
Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, has enacted an amnesty law meant to grant immediate clemency to individuals jailed for participating in political unrest.
The law, signed on Thursday, had been formally proposed by Rodriguez in January, weeks after she was appointed interim president. Rodriguez assumed office after US forces abducted President Nicolas Maduro, who now faces US charges of narcoterrorism, cocaine trafficking, and firearms offenses, which he denies outright.
Shortly after Rodriguez’s appointment, US President Donald Trump warned her that if she “doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
In an initial defiant response, Rodriguez declared that no “foreign agent” would control Venezuela. However, she has since moved to align with US demands, including opening Venezuela’s oil sector to American companies and cooperating on security.
The Amnesty Law covers a period between 1999 and 2026, with specified events ranging from the 2002 coup against the late President Hugo Chavez and the subsequent oil strike to the protests against Maduro’s re-election in 2024.
”One must know how to ask for forgiveness and one must also know how to receive forgiveness,” Rodriguez said while presenting the document. The law will take effect upon publication in the official gazette.
The law excludes offenses such as serious violations of human rights,