“We are fine. We are fighters,” Nicolas Maduro said from his prison in the United States, according to his son in a video released Saturday by Venezuela’s ruling party.
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“We are fine. We are fighters,” Nicolas Maduro said from the Brooklyn detention center in New York, according to his son in a video released Saturday by Venezuela’s ruling party.
Accused in particular of drug trafficking, Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores, who pleaded not guilty during their presentation Monday before the American courts, have been incarcerated in the United States since, before a next hearing on March 17.
With signs proclaiming “We want them back,” around a thousand supporters marched through the streets of Caracas on Saturday, chanting “Maduro and Cilia are our family!”
“Here, there is a people who are fighting,” said Yusleidys Arroyo, 36, in the procession.
Calls to demonstrate in support of the fallen socialist leader have been daily since the American military operation of January 3. The mobilization was less on Saturday, when no figure from the ruling party, the PSUV, was present to address the crowds. Perhaps also through weariness of these daily gatherings.
The demonstration also coincided with the anniversary of Maduro’s inauguration for a third term, following the 2024 elections denounced by the opposition as fraudulent.
Public television broadcast a visit by interim President Delcy Rodriguez to an agricultural fair in Petare, an emblematic neighborhood of Caracas where a small demonstration in favor of Maduro was also held.
“We are not going to rest for a single minute until we get the president back,” Rodríguez said. “We will save him. Of course yes.”
