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She says she's also open to foreign investment in the state oil industry.

The Trump administration has already announced it's begun selling Venezuela's oil.

She did say there is a massive release underway and it will continue.

And what she says is this new era of tolerance of opposition in Venezuela.

Families of prisoners are still holding vigil at prisons and waiting for releases.

Here's Aurora Silva.

She's at a maximum security prison outside Caracas.

She's been waiting for days for her husband, who's a member of Machado's opposition party, to be released.

He was picked up in the widespread repression following the disputed 2024 presidential elections.

She says they need to fulfill their promise of this massive freeing of prisoners.

And she says, and finally, end all of our suffering and pain.

You know, they've been waiting there for days, overnight in the cold and in terrible conditions, waiting for these releases.

The government says more than 400 prisoners have been released.

Rights groups say that number is in the dozens.

And there are more than 800 political prisoners still in jails in Venezuela.

That is NPR's Carrie Conn at Rio de Janeiro.