"The parliamentarian Gilber Caro should never have been jailed," the National Assembly said. In January, Guaido invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency, calling Maduro a dictator and saying his 2018 re-election was illegitimate. He has been recognised as Venezuela's rightful leader by dozens of countries, including the United States and most South American neighbors. Rights group Penal Forum said Melvin Farias and Junior Rojas, two men it called political prisoners and said had been jailed for more than a year, had also been freed. Several politicians close to Guaido who have been arrested in recent weeks remain behind bars, including his chief of staff Roberto Marrero and National Assembly Vice President Edgar Zambrano.

Source: bd News24 June 18, 2019 03:00 UTC