Caracas –
Venezuela‘s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, announced a week of mourning after the United States (US) attack. This period of mourning commemorates those who died in the US attack that ousted Nicolas Maduro as president.
The mourning period is set for Tuesday (6/1/2026) local time. Rodriguez said there will be seven days of mourning.
“I have decided to declare seven days of mourning to honor and glorify the young people, women and men who sacrificed their lives to defend Venezuela and President Nicolas Maduro,” Rodriguez said on state television, as reported by AFP, Wednesday (7/1/2026).
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It is known that the US carried out an attack in Caracas to arrest Maduro on Saturday (3/1) local time. The US said nearly 200 troops were involved in the operation.
Cuba and Venezuela said 55 of their military personnel were killed in the US strikes. Meanwhile Venezuela’s attorney general spoke of dozens of civilian and military deaths, without providing details.
The arrest by US troops of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, ended 12 years of rule which was considered increasingly authoritarian in Venezuela.
Washington authorities accuse Maduro of running a drug cartel and have hunted him down with a reward set at US$ 50 million, or the equivalent of Rp. 838 billion.
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