Today, the Venezuelan government vowed to release political and foreign prisoners who have been held by the regime long before U.S. forces seized President Nicolas Maduro last weekend.

That release has been a long-standing demand of the Venezuelan opposition.

Meanwhile, Venezuela's neighbor Colombia, a major non-NATO ally of the U.S. appears to be off the president's sites after a single

phone call last night.

Nick Schifrin has our story.

On Venezuelan TV today what the government called a gesture of peace, a promise to release

political and foreign prisoners, an effort by Maduro's former deputies to convince the world they will not continue the policies

of the now ousted dictator.

Consider this as the contribution that we must all make to ensure that our republic continues

its peaceful life and pursuit of prosperity.

Human rights groups estimate up to 900 political prisoners are held in Venezuela.

Many detained following the 2024 election that the U.S. and international observers say was

won by the opposition.

Recently, those opposition leaders have demanded the prisoners release.

The U.S. today continued to demand cooperation.

I'm chairing the meeting that we do on this among White House principles to talk about next steps

to try to ensure that Venezuela is stable.

And as the president has directed us to do, to ensure that the new Venezuelan government actually

listens to the United States and does what the United States needs it to do under our country's

best interests.

And today, Venezuela was not the only government trying to fulfill U.S. interests.

For months, the president has issued verbal attacks.

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