00:00Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guarnipa, a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado,
00:08has had a house arrest order lifted.
00:11This is according to his brother and lawmaker Thomas Guarnipa, who told Reuters about the matter.
00:18The move follows the ruling party control legislature's approval on Thursday of a limited amnesty law.
00:24Guarnipa was imprisoned for more than eight months on accusations of leading a terrorist plot, which he has denied.
00:31Earlier this month, he was freed from jail and then recaptured within hours after speaking to the media in Caracas
00:37and meeting supporters.
00:39Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power last month after the US ouster of President Nicholas Maduro,
00:45is bowed to Trump administration demands on oil sales and has released hundreds of people who Human Rights Group classify
00:53as political prisoners
00:54as ties between the two countries begin to normalise.
00:58Venezuela's government has long denied holding political prisoners, saying those in custody have committed crimes.
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