{"id":11953,"date":"2022-10-10T10:58:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=11953"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:34:20","slug":"u-s-swaps-two-venezuelan-convicts-for-seven-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2022\/10\/10\/u-s-swaps-two-venezuelan-convicts-for-seven-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Swaps Two Venezuelan Convicts for Seven Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Maria Elena Lugo<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><i>Staff Writer<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The United States freed two relatives of the Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro, in exchange for seven Americans last Saturday, October 1, in what has become t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">largest prisoner swap of President Joe Biden\u2019s administration, says <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/10\/01\/1126410228\/america-venezuela-biden-maduro-prisoner-swap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NPR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The swap included five American Citgo Petroleum executives who were held for almost five years, along with U.S. Marine veteran, Matthew Heath, and another U.S. citizen, Osman Khan. They were freed in exchange for the First Lady of Venezuala\u2019s nephews who were imprisoned in 2017 for cocaine smuggling charges, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2022\/10\/01\/Joe-Biden-Venezuela\/1071664659492\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">United Press I<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nternational<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a statement on the day of the release, Biden commented that the detainees were wrongfully imprisoned and will soon reunite with their families, according to UPI. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/oct\/02\/venezuelan-swaps-prisoners-with-us-in-hint-of-thawing-relations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that the physical transfer took place in St. Vincent and Grenadines following conversations that began in March with Caracas. The newly freed Americans were in good health according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/venezuela-has-released-7-jailed-americans-biden-2022-10-01\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reuters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The seeming shift in relations with Venezuela comes after a hostile Trump administration imposed strict sanctions on the South American nation. Washington makes the agreement under increasing pressure to focus on Americans held captive abroad like, WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan, who were subject to the Russian criminal court\u2019s 99 percent conviction rate<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/08\/04\/1115541890\/brittney-griner-russia-drug-trial\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NPR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> highlights. Since making the deal, however, the U.S. confirmed on Wednesday, October 5, that it does not plan on lifting<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sanctions unless Venezuela takes steps to restore free elections, notes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-10-06\/us-denies-report-of-plans-to-change-venezuela-sanctions-policy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another reason for the Venezuela swap urgency is because<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the recent international sanctioning on Russia heavily influences global energy prices. Venezuela is o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ne <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of Russia\u2019s most important allies in Latin America and this agreement may impact how that relationship unfolds. Reuters states that an increase of Venezuelan oil to the global market has the potential to aid in replacing previously Russian-dominated supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maduro, who was narrowly elected in 2013 after the death of President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), took control of<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Venezuela fully in January 2021 amid alarming economic and humanitarian crises. Throughout the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Maduro has resisted U.S. and international pressure to step down. Juan Guaid\u00f3 was the National Assembly president elected in 2015 who has led the opposition to Maduro. Guaid\u00f3 was once regarded as interim president by almost 60 countries\u2014including the U.S., which ceased recognition of Maduro as Venezuela\u2019s legitimate president in January 2019, under the Trump administration.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Citgo, headquartered in Houston, is majority-owned by PDVSA, the Venezuelan state-owned petroleum company. Their employees, Tomeu Vadell, Jose Luis Zambrano, Alirio Zambrano, Jorge Toledo, and Jos\u00e9<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pereira, had been detained by Venezuela in 2017 and sentenced to prison ranging from eight to 13 years in 2020. The executives and Citgo maintained their innocence against accusations including embezzlement, money laundering, and conspiracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6219074\/venezuela-american-prisoner-swap\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Time <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">says that at least four other Americans are still detained in Venezuela, including two men who\u2014like Khan\u2014were arrested for allegedly illegally entering the country through Colombia. In his statement, President Biden encourages Americans to remain hopeful about those wrongfully detained abroad: \u201cknow that we remain dedicated to securing their release,\u201d TIME<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reports. The administration also pointed to an executive order from the summer that sought to press new costs on nations that jail Americans without proper cause. Additionally, the executive order notes a warning indicator that<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is designed to warn U.S. citizens about traveling to countries\u2014like Venezuela\u2014that have a pattern of unfair detentions, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/01\/venezuela-jailed-americans-u-s-2-prisoners-00059894\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Politico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Maduro and Celia Flores, Image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/eneas\/\">Aeneas of Troy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/eneas\/\">Flickr<\/a>, License<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another reason for the Venezuela swap urgency is because the recent international sanctioning on Russia heavily influences global energy prices. Venezuela is one of Russia\u2019s most important allies in Latin America and this agreement may impact how that relationship unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":11954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399,382],"tags":[401,477,514,1099],"class_list":["post-11953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-october-2022","category-international-news","tag-russia","tag-venezuela","tag-united-states","tag-oil"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Swaps Two Venezuelan Convicts for Seven Americans - The Diplomatic Envoy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2022\/10\/10\/u-s-swaps-two-venezuelan-convicts-for-seven-americans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Swaps Two Venezuelan Convicts for Seven Americans - The Diplomatic Envoy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Another reason for the Venezuela swap urgency is because the recent international sanctioning on Russia heavily influences global energy prices. 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