{"id":496570,"date":"2026-01-03T11:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/venezuela-awakens-in-uncertainty-after-reports-of-aerial-attacks-and-a-state-of-shock\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:13:05","slug":"venezuela-awakens-in-uncertainty-after-reports-of-aerial-attacks-and-a-state-of-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/venezuela-awakens-in-uncertainty-after-reports-of-aerial-attacks-and-a-state-of-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela awakens in uncertainty after reports of aerial attacks and a state of shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Caracas.\u2013<\/strong> The situation in Venezuela remains in a climate of <strong>high uncertainty<\/strong> following reports of <strong>air attacks attributed to the United States military<\/strong>, which occurred during the early hours of this Saturday, according to preliminary information.\n\nAccording to official sources, the bombings would have impacted <strong>strategic points in Caracas and other key cities<\/strong> of the South American country. So far, no precise details have been offered about the targets reached or possible material or human damage.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/Secretario general de la ONU expresa &quot;profunda alarma&quot; por &quot;escalada de tensi\u00f3n en Venezuela&quot;\">http:\/\/Secretario general de la ONU expresa &#8220;profunda alarma&#8221; por &#8220;escalada de tensi\u00f3n en Venezuela&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAs an immediate response, the Venezuelan government decreed a <strong>state of external commotion throughout the national territory<\/strong>, a constitutional figure that allows the application of <strong>exceptional security measures<\/strong>, including restrictions on mobility and strengthening of internal control.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the measure, <strong>the streets look practically deserted<\/strong>, while most businesses remain closed. Likewise, <strong>severe disruptions in communications are reported<\/strong>, with failures in internet and telephone service in various areas of the country.<\/p>\n\n\nTelecommunications providers have reported difficulties in restoring services, while <strong>power outages persist in several regions<\/strong>, which limits access to confirmed information and raises public concern.\n\nAs of the closing of this edition, <strong>official victim figures have not been disclosed<\/strong>, nor have detailed pronouncements been made by the governments of Venezuela or the United States.\n\nIn the international arena, organizations such as the <strong>Organization of American States (OAS)<\/strong> and the <strong>United Nations (UN)<\/strong> are closely monitoring developments and have reiterated calls for <strong>containment, the protection of civilians, and dialogue<\/strong> as a way to avoid further escalation of the conflict.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caracas.\u2013 The situation in Venezuela remains in a climate of high uncertainty following reports of air attacks attributed to the United States military, which occurred during the early hours of this Saturday, according to preliminary information. According to official sources, the bombings would have impacted strategic points in Caracas and other key cities of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":496571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[15851,40230,110],"class_list":["post-496570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-united-states","tag-venezuela"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25bc","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-03-at-11.04.30-AM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-03-at-11.04.30-AM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}