The “Table of those who wait”, convened by the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners, was replicated in Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cúcuta (Colombia), Quito (Ecuador), Utrecht (Netherlands) and in different parts of the United States (Washington DC, Miami, Missouri and Tampa)
The Venezuelan diaspora mobilized this Sunday, December 20, in several countries for the freedom of political prisoners. With long tables, Christmas decorations and photos with the names of the detainees, they symbolized the families waiting to have their loved ones back in their homes during the holidays.
The activity, baptized as “Table of those who wait”, was convened by the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners in Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cúcuta (Colombia), Quito (Ecuador), Utrecht (Netherlands) and in different parts of the United States (Washington DC, Miami, Missouri and Tampa).
In Madrid, citizens and activists set up their table on Paseo de la Castellana to “make visible again our relatives who are in detention centers in Venezuela for political reasons.”
María Laura Márquez highlighted that not only are political leaders imprisoned in prisons, but “there are also many members of civil society”, businessmen or people who protested the 2024 presidential elections.
There are also “relatives of political leaders who have been arrested to exert pressure on all of us who have raised our voices against the (Nicolás) Maduro regime,” he added.
The Committee stood out that some 20 Spanish nationals or citizens with dual nationality remain detained in Venezuela. “Although Spanish authorities have reported on efforts to achieve his release, pointing out diplomatic limitations in the country, so far these efforts have been limited.”
TABLE IN UTRECHT | In Utrecht, Netherlands, family and friends set up the Table of Those Who Wait
From Westerstraat, the Table of Those Who Wait was raised to remember and make visible the political prisoners who continue to wait for justice, and the families who in these… pic.twitter.com/POraJJcowE
— Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners. (@clippve) December 21, 2025
In Buenos Aires, in Parque 3 de Febrero, there was also a table with letters and messages for political prisoners.
The president of Alianza por Venezuela, Liset Luque, stated that “the Table of Those Who Wait is a reminder that the Venezuelan regime uses persecution and repression as a tool of political control. We are not talking about numbers, but about people, about lives suspended. “Freedom is a human right and can no longer be negotiable.”
María Alexandra Gómez, partner of the Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, who has been detained in Venezuela for more than a year, also spoke at the activity.
«The absence is felt every day, but on dates like Christmas it hurts twice as much. Behind every political prisoner there are families who wait, who resist and who do not lose hope of hugging each other again,” said Gómez.
TABLE IN BUENOS AIRES | In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Venezuelans, family and friends installed the Table of Those Who Wait
This Sunday, December 21, in Argentina the initiative that seeks to make visible and demand the immediate release of all… pic.twitter.com/vIDYKqv6W0
— Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners. (@clippve) December 21, 2025
Relatives of Colombians detained in the country also gathered in Cúcuta and asked for a “Christmas without political prisoners.”
At least a dozen Colombians are detained in Venezuela under various accusations, most of them for alleged terrorism. The Colombian Foreign Ministry has held various meetings with the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to achieve their releases, but has not achieved the definitive release of all its citizens.
TABLE IN CÚCUTA | From Cúcuta, Colombia, family, friends and defenders installed the Table of Those Who Wait
At least a dozen Colombian citizens remain detained in Venezuela, without the efforts of the @CancilleriaCol have achieved results… pic.twitter.com/LVXJHnLf4A
— Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners. (@clippve) December 21, 2025
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