Venezuela amnesty bill excludes gross rights abuses under Chavez, Maduro

The bill is an initiative of interim president Delcy Rodriguez, who stepped into the shoes of long-term leader Nicolas Maduro after he was deposed in a US military operation one month ago. Rodriguez, who has been working with US President Donald Trump on access to Venezuelan oil, has been under pressure to end a system of repression that saw hundreds of government critics thrown in jail. The "Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence," of which AFP obtained a copy, covers "treason," "terrorism" and...