The aftermath of the ICE shooting of an anti-ICE activist in Minnesota has quickly exploded into a national story that sucks the oxygen out of anything else trying to elbow its way into the news cycle . This includes Venezuela, where the NBC Nightly News was the sole evening network newscast to chronicle a major development: the Chavista regime’s release of an indeterminate number of political prisoners.
Here is the Venezuela roundup that has the prisoner release at the top, in its entirety and as aired on NBC Nightly News on Thursday, January 8th, 2026:
NBC Nightly News was the only network newscast to mention the release of political prisoners in Venezuela (1/8/26). pic.twitter.com/wowfhFZAg0
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) January 9, 2026