00:00Ten relatives of Venezuelan political prisoners began a hunger strike on Saturday as a final effort to demand the release
00:06of their loved ones.
00:07The group is demanding that the government free the remaining 33 dissidents held at the Zona 7 detention center in
00:13Caracas.
00:15While 17 prisoners were released from the facility earlier on Saturday, families who have camped outside since January 8th say
00:23liberations have been too scarce.
00:26The push for freedom follows the U.S. raid that captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, an event that has
00:31triggered a wave of prisoners' releases aimed at national reconciliation.
00:37In a historic move, Venezuela's National Assembly debated an amnesty measure this week for hundreds of activists and opposition members,
00:44making the first time authorities have acknowledged the existence of political prisoners.
00:50Meanwhile, exiled leader Maria Corino Machado continues to push for new elections to complete the country's transition to democracy.
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