Venezuelan authorities have granted amnesty to 379 political prisoners, a lawmaker said Friday, after a new law was enacted by interim authorities following the US toppling of former leader Nicolas Maduro.Venezuela’s National Assembly unanimously adopted the law a day before, providing hope that hundreds of political prisoners behind bars may soon be released.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.National Assembly deputy Jorge Arreaza, the lawmaker overseeing the amnesty process, said in a televised interview on Friday that the 379 prisoners “must be released, granted amnesty, between tonight and tomorrow morning.”“Requests have been submitted by the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the competent courts to grant amnesty measures,” he said.Opposition figures have criticized the new legislation, which appears to include carveouts for some offenses previously used by authorities to target Maduro’s political opponents.It explicitly does not apply to