What does the release of Iván Simonovis mean, the most symbolic “political prisoner” in Venezuela

What does the release of Iván Simonovis mean, the most symbolic “political prisoner” in Venezuela
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  • BBC World, Caracas

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According to doctors, Simonovis suffers from 19 chronic medical conditions.

Iván Simonovis, the Venezuelan commissioner who was jailed this Saturday, is not only a name linked to the events surrounding the failed coup against Hugo Chávez in 2002. He is also a symbol of Venezuela’s recent history.

A symbol, of course, of that April 11 -the day of the failed coup- that marked the government of the late president politically, economically and socially.

And a symbol, very much, of the divided Venezuela that these 15 years of the Bolivarian revolution have left behind.

For Chavismo, Simonovis, 53, represents that threat from the “extreme right” and the United States that is still trying, according to them, to seize power in the country with the largest oil reserves in the world.

By Loris Jones

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