Por Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español

Freddy Superlano, dirigente opositor del partido Voluntad Popular que fue detenido tras las protestas por las elecciones presidenciales de julio de 2024, anunció que recuperó su “libertad” bajo la ley de amnistía recientemente aprobada en Venezuela.

“Hoy, luego de casi 19 meses, recuperamos nuestra libertad, la que nos quitaron por pensar distinto y defender nuestras convicciones, y que en ningún momento dudaría en seguir defendiendo. ¡Viva Venezuela Libre!”, escribió Superlano este viernes en su cuenta de X.

En el video que acompaña su mensaje escrito, se puede ver a un policía en la casa de Superlano leyendo lo que describe como la “boleta de notificación” del político venezolano bajo la ley de amnistía.

El artículo 10 de la legislación —aprobada bajo el gobierno de Delcy Rodríguez poco más de un mes después de la captura de Nicolás Maduro por Estados Unidos— dice que, “con la amnistía regulada en esta ley, se extinguen de pleno derecho todas las acciones penales, disciplinarias o civiles contra las personas beneficiadas por la amnistía, en cualquier estado y grado del proceso o del cumplimiento de la pena, incluyendo las solicitudes de extradición, relacionadas exclusivamente con los hechos objeto de esta Ley. En consecuencia, cesará cualquier medida de coerción personal, las medidas alternativas a la privación de libertad y cualquier otra medida que haya sido acordada”.

El video que compartió Superlano también muestra cómo le quitan la tobillera electrónica mientras su esposa Aurora Silva observa. Superlano estaba bajo arresto domiciliario con una tobillera (un “grillete”, en palabras de Silva) desde que informó sobre su excarcelación el pasado 9 de febrero.

A finales de julio de 2024, en un contexto de protestas y detenciones luego de las cuestionadas elecciones presidenciales donde Maduro fue declarado ganador pese a señalamientos de fraude contra el movimiento de Edmundo González Urrutia, el partido Voluntad Popular —que formó parte de la alianza opositora que encabezó González Urrutia como candidato en las elecciones— denunció el “secuestro” de Superlano.

Poco después, a inicios de agosto, Silva dijo que las autoridades le habían confirmado el lugar en el que su esposo estaba detenido; sin embargo, no pudo ver a Superlano sino hasta enero de 2026, días más tarde de la captura de Maduro y del anuncio que hizo la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela sobre liberar a “un número importante” de presos políticos.

Desde entonces, Silva, familiares y grupos de derechos humanos han aumentado su exigencia de que se liberen a todos los presos políticos que siguen en prisión.

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By Jennifer Hansler, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, CNN

(CNN) — When US President Donald Trump addressed the American people on Tuesday night, he claimed that Iran is “working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America.”

That assertion is not backed up by US intelligence, sources told CNN.

It was one of several claims about threats from Iran made publicly by the Trump administration as it lays the groundwork for possible military action, even as they continue to say the US president wants to reach a diplomatic solution.

An unclassified assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from 2025 said that Iran could develop a “militarily-viable” intercontinental ballistic missile by 2035 “should Tehran decide to pursue the capability.”

According to two sources, the claim that Iran will soon have a missile capable of hitting the US is not backed up by intelligence — there is no intelligence to suggest that Iran is pursuing an ICBM program to hit the US at this time, the sources said.

Iran does, however, possess short range ballistic missiles that could threaten US bases and personnel in the region, as the administration has warned.

Three sources told CNN there has been no change in recent assessments about Iran’s intercontinental ballistic missile aspirations.

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly responded to CNN’s reporting, saying “President Trump is absolutely right to highlight the grave concern posed by Iran, a country that chants ‘death to America,’ possessing intercontinental ballistic missiles.”

The State Department did not reply to a request for comment before publication.

Speaking to reporters Friday, Trump said that he is “not happy” with ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran over that country’s nuclear program, saying that Iran was “not willing to give us what we have to have.”

He said he had not “made a final decision” on whether he would proceed with military strikes, saying that there would be additional discussions.

The US has amassed its largest collection of military hardware in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 as Trump has repeatedly suggested he might take military action against Iran.

The matter of Iranian missile technology did not come up in a briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and the “Gang of Eight” congressional leaders this week, sources familiar with the briefing said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview released this week that his country was not developing long-range missiles.

“We have deliberately limited the range of our missiles to 2,000 kilometers,” he told India Today TV, saying the missiles were for defense.

Pressed on Trump’s claim that Iran could “soon” have missiles that could reach the US, Rubio said he would not speculate “as to how far away they are,” but said Iran is “certainly” trying to achieve intercontinental ballistic missiles.

“You’ve seen them increasing the range of the missiles they have now, and clearly they are headed in the pathway to one day being able to develop weapons that cou

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN

(CNN) — Members of Congress are raising questions after a photograph they say shows Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick alongside Jeffrey Epstein on the late sex offender’s private island was briefly removed from the Justice Department’s website.

The image had been hosted in the department’s online repository of Epstein-related files uploaded in late January under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

At one point, the original page containing the photograph on Justice.gov returned an error message, though a version captured by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine on January 31, 2026, remained accessible online and included the photograph.

The page has since been restored and a Justice Department spokesperson told CNN, “This image was part of a batch of files that were flagged for nudity. The batch of thousands of images was pulled for review and is being uploaded with necessary redactions on a rolling basis. No files are being deleted.”

Lutnick has not commented on the image. The Commerce Department and Lutnick did not return repeated requests for comment from CNN. The White House did not respond to a CNN request for comment on Friday.

But several members of Congress — including at least one Republican on the House Oversight Committee — are pressing for answers about the temporary removal of the image.

On X on Thursday, Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican member of the House Oversight Committee, wrote of the photo, “Howard Lutnick should take questions from the Oversight committee.”

On Friday, President Donald Trump told reporters today that Lutnick would testify to Congress about his relationship with Epstein.

“Howard would go in and say whatever he has to say,” Trump told CNN’s Kristen Holmes. “He’s a very innocent guy, he’s doing a good job.”

Earlier this month, Lutnick testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, during which he was pressed about his interactions with Epstein. Communications revealed in the latest release by the Justice Department undercut Lutnick’s previous claims of cutting off ties with Epstein in 2005, before Epstein was under investigation for and later convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor.

During his testimony, Lutnick said he had in fact visited Epstein’s private island for lunch with his family while on vacation in 2012.

Numerous other members of Congress have also raised questions about the recently-surfaced photo.

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu said the initial removal of the photo implied the Justice Department is involved in the “stupidest cover up in history.” Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who co-authored the Epstein Files Transparency Act, said t

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