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People display portraits of political prisoners during a demonstration by relatives at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas on Jan. 13, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images
Hundreds of political prisoners in Venezuela have been released since the U.S. military captured the country’s socialist strongman, Nicolás Maduro. Human rights group Foro Penal claims that 266 of the prisoners were released, and the government of Venezuela claims to have released 808.
Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
