{"id":2130022,"date":"2023-12-20T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-venezuela-reach-deal-on-prisoner-swap\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:35:20","slug":"u-s-venezuela-reach-deal-on-prisoner-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-venezuela-reach-deal-on-prisoner-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S., Venezuela Agree on Prisoner Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-venezuela-reach-deal-on-prisoner-swap%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2130022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Opposition activists,\u200b seen here\u200c behind a Venezuelan \u2062flag, in Caracas\u200c on May 17, 2017. (Photo by JUAN BARRETO\/AFP via\u200c Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/chloe-hauxwell\">Chloe Hauxwell<\/a><br \/>12:22 \u2064PM \u200c\u2013 Wednesday, December 20, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Venezuela has agreed to release 36 prisoners, including 10 Americans, in exchange for \u200bone ally of \u200dembattled President\u200d Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/12\/20\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-securing-the-release-of-americans-detained-in-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">details of\u2064 the \u200bprisoner swap<\/a> \u200cannounced that the U.S. government will \u200cbe releasing \u200cColombian businessman Alex Saab in\u200b exchange for 36 people. Saab is accused \u2064of helping \u2062Maduro defraud the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-detained-americans-released-from-venezuela-as-biden-seeks-oil-deal\/\" title=\"Two Detained Americans Released From Venezuela as Biden Seeks Oil Deal\">oil-rich nation<\/a> \u200bby serving as his top money-launderer. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING:\u2064 Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab arrives in Venezuela following\u200d his negotiated release \u200dfrom the United States, after 3.5\u2064 years of illegal incarceration. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teleSURtv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@teleSURtv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2HyiQe0eRG\">pic.twitter.com\/2HyiQe0eRG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KawsachunNews\/status\/1737565752167739580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The White House released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/12\/20\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-securing-the-release-of-americans-detained-in-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> regarding securing the\u200c release of the Americans detained \u2062in Venezuela.\u200b Of the 10 Americans being released, six were wrongfully detained. <\/p>\n<p>President Biden ignored shouted questions from reporters about the exchange on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>However, Secretary \u200dof State Antony Blinken addressed it during \u200chis end of the year press \u2062conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure that our fellow Americans\u200c are released,\u201d Blinken reiterated. \u201cWe are also focused on political prisoners in Venezuela \u2063and trying to ensure their\u2062 release. So, what I can\u2062 say in this moment\u2063 is\u200d this: \u2064we have a lot of work going on both of those fronts right now, and we hope to have\u2062 some\u2064 good news to\u2062 share\u200c probably later today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during his \u200cend-of-year \u2063news\u200b conference on December 20, 2023, at the \u200dState Department in Washington, DC. Blinken said Wednesday he\u2063 expected \u200d\u201cgood news\u201d on Americans detained in Venezuela, following\u200b an easing of \u200ctensions with President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo\u2063 by ROBERTO SCHMIDT\/AFP\u200b via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As has been the case \u2063with\u200c previous prisoner exchanges, the swap is likely to take place in a third country.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u2063informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox\u200d for\u2064 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this \u2064post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As the Senate \u2064continues to negotiate an immigration reform package, new House\u200b Freedom Caucus \u200dChairman and Representative Bob\u2063 Good explains what would\u200d have to\u200c be in the Senate\u2019s \u200cbill\u200b for the\u200d legislation to pass the House. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The military non-profit Luke\u2019s Wings is currently running the \u201cNo\u200d Service Member Spends\u2064 the Holidays Alone Campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u200b Colorado\u200b Supreme Court\u2062 disqualifies Donald Trump \u200cfrom Colorado\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clark-colorado-ruling-will-help-pres-trumps-poll-numbers\/\" title=\"Colorado ruling boosts Trump's poll numbers, says Clark\">2024 presidential primary ballot rocking<\/a> the political world late \u2062Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Monica Rodriguez takes \u200ba look at the latest coordinated attacks on President Trump from the meat puppets in the \u200bMockingbird Media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San Francisco police Sergeant David Radford \u200dcontacted Tesla about data on\u2062 an alleged stalker\u2019s\u2062 remote\u2063 access to a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google will pay $700 million and\u2064 revamp\u2062 its Play app store to allow for greater competition as part of an antitrust settlement with U.S. states and consumers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple said\u200c it would\u200d pause sales of the \u2064smartwatches as \u2062it\u2063 deals with a patent dispute over the technology \u200dthat enables the blood oxygen feature on the devices.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u200d SEC denied a petition by \u2062the country\u2019s largest \u200dcrypto \u200bexchange Coinbase Global asking the agency to create \u2062new rules for \u2062the digital asset industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does the prisoner swap with Venezuela\u2062 reflect ongoing efforts to address the situation in the country?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Venezuela Agrees to Release 36 Prisoners,\u200b Including 10 Americans,\u2062 in Prisoner Swap<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela \u200chas recently made a significant decision to release 36 prisoners, 10 of whom are \u200cAmericans, in exchange for the release of one \u2064ally of embattled\u200d President \u2064Nicolas Maduro. This development is \u200clikely to provide a substantial relief to those wrongfully detained, as well as pave the way for\u200b improved \u200dinternational relations. The news \u2062of the prisoner\u2062 swap has garnered\u200d attention both domestically and worldwide, reflecting\u200d the ongoing efforts to address\u2064 the situation in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the Prisoner Swap:<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the U.S. government announced the prisoner swap, stating that Colombian businessman Alex \u200bSaab would \u200bbe released in exchange for 36 individuals. Saab has been accused of assisting Maduro in defrauding\u2062 the oil-rich nation through \u2063money laundering activities. The exchange \u2062agreement marks\u200c a significant step towards resolving \u2063a long-standing issue and potentially\u2063 improving relations \u2063between the\u200b two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The White House Statement:<\/p>\n<p>In response to the successful\u2063 negotiation, the White House issued a statement,\u2063 highlighting their commitment\u200b to securing the release \u200bof \u2062Americans detained in Venezuela. Of the 10\u200b Americans being released, six \u200cwere wrongfully \u2063detained, underscoring the importance of this diplomatic breakthrough. \u2062President Biden, however, did not address questions from reporters regarding the exchange, leaving the \u200cspecifics of the arrangement to \u2064be revealed\u200d in \u200ddue course.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Blinken&#8217;s Remarks:<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State \u2063Antony Blinken addressed the prisoner \u200bswap during\u2063 his end-of-the-year press conference. He\u200c emphasized the administration&#8217;s \u2064dedication to securing the release of fellow \u200bAmericans and acknowledged the ongoing efforts to ensure the release of political prisoners in Venezuela. Blinken expressed optimism, stating that he expects &#8220;good news&#8221; on the \u200bAmericans detained in Venezuela, indicating \u200ba positive shift in relations with President\u200d Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>The Exchange Process:<\/p>\n<p>Similar to previous\u2064 prisoner exchanges, it is anticipated that the swap will occur\u2064 in a third country. This \u2063approach ensures the safety and security of \u2064the\u2062 individuals\u200d involved and allows for careful implementation of the agreement. The involvement of a neutral party underscores the importance of establishing\u2063 a fair\u2063 and\u200d impartial process for \u2063the release of the prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela&#8217;s decision to \u200crelease 36 prisoners, including 10 Americans, through a prisoner swap indicates a positive development in resolving the issue of detained individuals and improving \u2064bilateral relations. This significant move showcases the commitment and determination of both governments to address past grievances and pave \u200cthe way for\u2062 a more\u2064 constructive\u2062 engagement in the future. As details of the arrangement emerge,\u200c it is hoped that this milestone will set\u2064 a precedent for further progress \u200cin resolving ongoing challenges in the region.<\/p>\n<p>(Note: The article has been adapted to remove HTML tags and incorporate the text into a formal\u2063 article format.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 20, 2023, Venezuela agreed to free 36 prisoners, including 10 Americans, in return for one ally of President Nicolas Maduro. 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