00:00Venezuela's National Assembly approved on Thursday, on first discussion, the Amnesty
00:05Bill as a first step toward reconciliation and national dialogue.
00:09The bill had been promoted by the nation's acting president, Elsie Rodriguez, aimed at
00:13creating a space for reconciliation with all political sectors in the country.
00:18During the session, Deputy Jorge Arreaza expressed the need to reach an understanding among political
00:24adversaries in order to overcome polarization and recalled to create what he called a 21st
00:31century Treaty of Trujillo, in reference to the agreement signed between Simón Bolívar
00:36and Colonial Spain to end what was known as the war-to-death policy.
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