Political prisoners in Venezuela

Prisoner at La Rotunda wearing bolt and shackle on his ankles

Throughout its history, many people have been arrested and imprisoned in Venezuela for political reasons, mainly during the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez and that of Marcos Pérez Jiménez in the 20th century and during the Bolivarian Revolution in the 21st century.[1]

  1. ^ "Venezuela: Silencio a la fuerza: Detenciones Arbitrarias por Motivos Políticos en Venezuela". Amnistía Internacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-01.