VENEZUELA’S acting president signed into law an amnesty Bill on Thursday after the country’s National Assembly approved the legislation.
 

Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said: “This law opens an extraordinary door for Venezuela to meet again and learn how to live democratically and strip itself of hatred; let understanding, recognition prevail. The Amnesty Law goes further.
 

“We are guaranteeing a future of peace and coexistence for our young people. It is an act of detachment and greatness.”
 

She added that the approval of the law “has demonstrated political maturity of all those who participated” in the process.
 

The amnesty covers 13 specific crimes, including acts committed during the 2002 coup attempt, oil sabotage committed between 2002 and 2003, which paralysed economic activity for almost three months, crimes arising from the convening and holding of the presidential recall referendum in 2004 and crimes committed during the presidential election processes of 2013 and 2024.
 

Actions constituting serious human rights violations, crimes against humanity, and war crimes are excluded from its application. 
 

Likewise, the legislation excludes homicide, drug trafficking, and crimes, public or private, stipulated in the Law Against Corruption.

Additionally, the amnesty excludes individuals who have promoted, instigated, financed or participated in armed or forcible actions against the people, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Venezuela.