Maduro vows to free some jailed activists, raise Venezuela oil output


  • World
  • Friday, 25 May 2018

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a special session of the National Constituent Assembly to take oath as re-elected President at the Palacio Federal Legislativo in Caracas, Venezuela May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's newly re-elected President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday pledged to release some jailed opposition activists, boost the OPEC member's tanking oil production and open dialogue with business leaders.

He gave little in the way of specifics and some of the promises were repetitions of previous vows that have not come to pass.

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