Humanitarian Worker Among Italians Released from Venezuelan Prisons

Venezuela has released Italian citizens Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlo from prison, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced, adding that a plane had departed Rome to bring them home.
Trentini, a humanitarian worker from Venice, was the most prominent among more than 20 Italian nationals previously held in Venezuelan detention facilities.
Venezuelan authorities said on January 8th that they would release a significant number of prisoners, including foreign nationals, as a gesture of goodwill.
The decision followed sustained pressure from human rights groups, international organisations, and opposition figures, and came after heightened tensions with the United States, which recently carried out an operation resulting in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro