President Trump used his State of Union address for a surprise reunion between a Venezuelan woman and her uncle, who was held as a political prisoner by the country’s ousted Maduro regime.
Venezuelan political prisoner held in Maduro’s infamous Caracas jail reunited with niece during State of the Union
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February 25, 2026
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