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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: CC27 on January 05, 2026, 07:27:29 AM
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Pototan (2,986 posts)
Here's a good question for Trump
Q. "If the United States is running the Venezuelan government, why haven't the 5 American hostages held in that country been released?"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220910419
That is called a stupid question
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Quoting the punchline of an old joke, "Patience, jackass."
In the real world, a new government is being formed that is having to, in turn, establish control in various areas of the country.
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These. Things. Take. Time.
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Context, context, context:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/americas/americans-freed-in-venezuela-intl-hnk (https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/americas/americans-freed-in-venezuela-intl-hnk), January 31, 2025
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/welcoming-the-release-of-u-s-nationals-and-political-prisoners-held-in-venezuela/ (https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/welcoming-the-release-of-u-s-nationals-and-political-prisoners-held-in-venezuela/), July 18, 2025
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Context, context, context:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/americas/americans-freed-in-venezuela-intl-hnk (https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/americas/americans-freed-in-venezuela-intl-hnk), January 31, 2025
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/welcoming-the-release-of-u-s-nationals-and-political-prisoners-held-in-venezuela/ (https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/welcoming-the-release-of-u-s-nationals-and-political-prisoners-held-in-venezuela/), July 18, 2025
So the answer to the DUchebag's question is the hostages are free and living their lives for almost a year here in America.
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So the answer to the DUchebag's question is the hostages are free and living their lives for almost a year here in America.
Some, but if DUmmie Pototan 's snark is not totally false, there is a handful more.
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Gee, I wonder if Trump was working for something much greater and the 5 American hostages is among the many liberated:
Another Trump Stunner: Political Prisoners Released, Major Venezuela Deal Sealed
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/09/trump-gets-prisoners-released-in-venezuela-n2197938 (https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/09/trump-gets-prisoners-released-in-venezuela-n2197938)
President Donald Trump appears to have pulled off another great move in Venezuela.
He announced that, at his request, the interim regime has now released many political prisoners, as a sign of "seeking peace." This includes members of the opposition.
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Trump said because of the release, he was cancelling a "second wave of attacks," but they would keep ships in place to maintain security.
Among those released was Biagio Pilieri, an opposition leader who was part of Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado's 2024 presidential campaign, according to Foro Penal, an advocacy group for prisoners based in Venezuela's capital, Caracas. Also released was Enrique Márquez, a former electoral authority and candidate in the 2024 presidential election, the organization said.
Videos posted by journalists on social media show Márquez and Pilieri embracing loved ones on the streets outside the prison. One video showed Márquez beaming and video-calling family members, saying, "Soon I will be with you all."
Five Spanish citizens — including the prominent Venezuelan-Spanish lawyer and human rights activist Rocío San Miguel — were also released in the afternoon and, as the night wore on, reports trickled out of more detainees walking free. Relatives who waited for hours outside a prison in Guatire, about an hour east of Caracas, briefly chanted, "Libertad! Libertad!" meaning "Freedom! Freedom!"
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Gee, I wonder if Trump was working for something much greater and the 5 American hostages is among the many liberated:
Another Trump Stunner: Political Prisoners Released, Major Venezuela Deal Sealed
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/09/trump-gets-prisoners-released-in-venezuela-n2197938 (https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/09/trump-gets-prisoners-released-in-venezuela-n2197938)
I hope all DU's questions are answerd that easily. :-)
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Venezuela Releases U.S. Detainees Following U.S. Military Capture of Maduro
https://www.rvmnews.com/2026/01/venezuela-releases-u-s-detainees-following-u-s-military-capture-of-maduro/ (https://www.rvmnews.com/2026/01/venezuela-releases-u-s-detainees-following-u-s-military-capture-of-maduro/)
Multiple American citizens previously detained in Venezuela have been released, the Trump administration announced Tuesday, a development officials described as a step toward improved cooperation with Venezuela’s interim authorities, as reported by the New York Post.
In a statement issued Tuesday evening, the U.S. State Department said, “We welcome the release of detained Americans in Venezuela,” adding, “This is an important step in the right direction by the interim authorities.”
The department did not specify how many U.S. citizens were freed.
A person familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss non-public details, said four Americans were released together on Tuesday, while another was quietly released on Monday.
Patience, Jackass Pototan.