{"id":8586,"date":"2026-01-12T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:17:40","slug":"8586","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586","title":{"rendered":"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h1><strong>Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ROME:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni<\/em> welcomed with joy and satisfaction the release of Italian nationals <strong>Alberto Trentini and Mario Burl\u00f2<\/strong>, who are now safely at the <strong>Italian Embassy in Caracas<\/strong>, Venezuelan capital, after being held in detention since November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In an official statement, Meloni confirmed that she has spoken with the two compatriots and that <strong>a plane has already departed from Rome to bring them home<\/strong>, underscoring the government\u2019s commitment to ensuring their safe return to Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing gratitude <em>on behalf of the Italian Government<\/em>, the Prime Minister extended a <strong>heartfelt thank you to the authorities in Caracas<\/strong>, beginning with <strong>Interim President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, for the <em>constructive collaboration<\/em> demonstrated in the recent days that led to this outcome. She also acknowledged the efforts of all the institutions and individuals in Italy who worked with dedication and discretion to achieve this significant result.<\/p>\n<p>Trentini, a charity worker affiliated with the NGO <em>Humanity &amp; Inclusion<\/em>, and Burl\u00f2, a businessman, had been detained in Venezuela for more than a year. Their release marks the latest in a series of diplomatic efforts and humanitarian outcomes involving Italian citizens held abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The return of Trentini and Burl\u00f2 to Italy is expected to take place shortly as part of the government\u2019s ongoing commitment to protect its citizens overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities.\u00a0 &nbsp; ROME: &nbsp; Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed with joy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[1890],"class_list":["post-8586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world-news","tag-italy-giorgiameloni-italianprimeminister-albertotrentini-marioburlo-venezuela-caracas-diplomacy-internationalrelations-safereturn-italyembassy-humanitarianefforts-governmentstatement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities. - The Eagle News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities. - The Eagle News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities.\u00a0 &nbsp; ROME: &nbsp; Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed with joy and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Eagle News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-12T16:16:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-12T16:17:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767745145018.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586\",\"name\":\"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities. - The Eagle News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-12T16:16:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-12T16:17:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/836b23196d8cf2a3340a0b6adb2d2cf4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/\",\"name\":\"The Eagle News\",\"description\":\"Eagle News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/836b23196d8cf2a3340a0b6adb2d2cf4\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3813785621535057fd2f3870ecafe9dc3e7307140c68da3e0427080f45c50e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3813785621535057fd2f3870ecafe9dc3e7307140c68da3e0427080f45c50e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/theeaglenews.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities. - The Eagle News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities. - The Eagle News","og_description":"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities.\u00a0 &nbsp; ROME: &nbsp; Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed with joy and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586","og_site_name":"The Eagle News","article_published_time":"2026-01-12T16:16:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-12T16:17:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1365,"url":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767745145018.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586","url":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586","name":"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities. - The Eagle News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-12T16:16:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-12T16:17:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/836b23196d8cf2a3340a0b6adb2d2cf4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8586#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Italy Welcomes Release of Detained Nationals in Venezuela; PM Meloni Thanks Caracas Authorities."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/","name":"The Eagle News","description":"Eagle News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/836b23196d8cf2a3340a0b6adb2d2cf4","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3813785621535057fd2f3870ecafe9dc3e7307140c68da3e0427080f45c50e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3813785621535057fd2f3870ecafe9dc3e7307140c68da3e0427080f45c50e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/theeaglenews.in"],"url":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8588,"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8586\/revisions\/8588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}