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“Gracias, dios mío,” - thank you, God - Wendelin Peña repeated as tears streamed down her face that Oct. 18 afternoon. The Biden administration had agreed to ease oil and gas sanctions for six months - and, in exchange, had set a Nov. 30 deadline for Venezuela to release political prisoners.
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The National Bolivarian Police raided a club for the LGBT community in Venezuela without a warrant on July 23, after allegedly receiving an anonymous call about noise pollution. Thirty-three men were arrested. Lawyers and relatives of the detainees denounced discrimination because the police found nothing irregular in the premises. They said the charges are unjustified: