美国已敦促委内瑞拉释放仍被关押在该南美国家的剩余政治犯。自美国军队1月3日在加拉加斯发动军事突袭抓捕委内瑞拉领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗并将其带往纽约受审以来，已有1000多名政治犯获释。马杜罗在纽约面临毒品走私和酷刑指控的审判。
The US has urged Venezuela to release the remaining political prisoners being held in the South American country. More than 1,000 political prisoners have been freed since US forces seized Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a military raid on Caracas on 3 January and took him to New York, where he faces trial on drug-trafficking and torture charges.
但委内瑞拉囚犯权利组织“刑事论坛”表示，仍有322人被拘押。
But Venezuelan prisoners' rights group Foro Penal says 322 people remain in detention.
美国国务院称，美国国务卿马科·鲁比奥周一会见了其委内瑞拉同行奥利弗·布兰科，呼吁释放这些人，并讨论了旨在为自由、公正、可信的选举奠定基础的改革。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Venezuelan counterpart, Oliver Blanco, on Monday where he called for their release and discussed reforms aimed at laying the groundwork for free, fair, and credible elections, the US state department said.
释放政治犯长期以来一直是委内瑞拉反对派领导人玛丽亚·科里娜·马查多的诉求。
The release of political prisoners has long been a demand made by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
马查多于2025年获得诺贝尔和平奖，在流亡将近一年后，于10月25日返回委内瑞拉。她的首次会面之一就是与政治拘留者的亲属会面。许多被拘押者是在2024年总统大选后被捕的。
Machado, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, returned to Venezuela on 25 October after living in exile for almost a year. One of her first meetings was with relatives of political detainees. Many of those in detention were arrested in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election.
由政府忠诚分子主导的国家选举委员会（CNE）宣布现任总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗在大选中获胜，尽管反对派收集并经独立媒体核实的投票统计副本显示反对派候选人获胜。
The National Electoral Council (CNE) - which is dominated by government loyalists - declared the incumbent, Nicolás Maduro, the winner of the election even though copies of the voting tallies collected by the opposition and verified by independent media suggested that the opposition candidate had won.
派遣独立观察员前往委内瑞拉的卡特中心也表示，该次选举“不能被视为民主的”。
The Carter Center, which had sent independent observers to Venezuela, also said that the election "could not be considered democratic".
联合国实况调查团发现，在随后几个月里，委内瑞拉政府策划了“针对被视为政治对手或仅因表达异见或对当局持批评观点的人的严厉镇压”。
A UN fact-finding mission found that in the months that followed, the Venezuelan government orchestrated "a harsh repression against persons perceived as political opponents or simply because they express dissent or critical views against the authorities".
在美国军队抓捕马杜罗后，其忠诚的副总统德尔西·罗德里格斯宣誓就任临时总统。
After US forces seized Maduro, his loyal vice-president, Delcy Rodríguez, was sworn in as interim president.
尽管罗德里格斯获得了特朗普政府的支持，但委内瑞拉境内的反对党一直在对改革的缓慢步伐表达不满。
While Rodríguez has the backing of the Trump administration, opposition parties within Venezuela have been expressing impatience with the slow pace of reforms.
在周一的声明中，美国国务院强调，其仍致力于美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的三阶段计划，该计划包含“稳定、经济复苏与政治和解，以及民主过渡”。
In Monday's statement, the US state department stressed that it remained committed to US President Donald Trump's three-phase plan, consisting of "stabilisation, economic recovery and political reconciliation, and democratic transition".
一周前，鲁比奥曾告诉记者，委内瑞拉的“选举基础设施”必须被替换，以便新的选举具有效力。
A week ago, Rubio had told journalists that Venezuela's "election infrastructure" had to be replaced in order for fresh elections to be valid.
他坚称：“不是10年，不是5年，不是2年；它需要在我们设定的时间表下迅速发生。”
"Not in 10 years, not in five years, not in two years; it needs to happen quickly under the timelines that we've established," he insisted.
几天后，罗德里格斯在一次电视讲话中告诉委内瑞拉人，将在“更新后的”选举机构下举行选举。然而，她并未给出选举可能举行的时间表。另一方面，反对派领袖马查多一直在推动于2027年举行选举。
Days later, Rodríguez told Venezuelans in a televised address that "there will be elections" under a "renewed" electoral authority. However, she did not give a timeline for when the election could be held. Opposition leader Machado, on the other hand, has been pushing for elections to be held in 2027.
一度她曾建议在2027年7月24日——独立英雄西蒙·玻利瓦尔诞辰纪念日——举行，但此后她又回到呼吁在明年某个时间点进行投票。
At one point she suggested 24 July 2027 - the anniversary of the birth of independence hero Simón Bolivar - but she has since returned to calling for a vote at some point in the next year.