{"id":496573,"date":"2026-01-03T11:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/maduro-holds-on-as-the-people-rise-up-demonstrations-in-caracas-against-us-aggression\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:24:11","slug":"maduro-holds-on-as-the-people-rise-up-demonstrations-in-caracas-against-us-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/maduro-holds-on-as-the-people-rise-up-demonstrations-in-caracas-against-us-aggression\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Maduro holds on as the people rise up&#8221;: demonstrations in Caracas against US aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"The Venezuelan people are gathering this Saturday around Miraflores to express their support for President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, <a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/571377-trump-pronunciarse-medio-ataque-eeuu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">captured<\/a> along with his wife, Cilia Flores, by the United States, as can be seen from the videos spread on social media.\n\n&#8220;Maduro, hold on, the people are rising up,&#8221; is one of the shouts heard in the videos.\n\nYou may be interested in this.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMaduro!<br>hold on \u2014 the people are rising!\u201d<br><br>Reacting to reports that the US government has abducted Nicolas Maduro,<br>Venezuelans began to gather early this morning at the Presidential Palace in Miraflores, Caracas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RGVPJN1UDX\">pic.twitter.com\/RGVPJN1UDX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Vox Ethica (@VoxEthicabr) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VoxEthicabr\/status\/2007449643559362821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nIn turn, the Minister for Social Work, Eduardo Pi\u00f1ate, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/vtv_canal8\/149392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> that the mobilization of the Venezuelan people in the streets to demand proof of life of the constitutional president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro represents the reaction of a dignified and combative citizenry, fully aware of the place it occupies in history.\n\nLikewise, he reiterated that the people of Venezuela do not submit to anyone and that their strength and determination remain solid in the defense of the homeland and national sovereignty.\n\nU.S. President Donald Trump made statements after having&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/580059-cbs-trump-ataques-aereos-venezuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordered<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>a military attack<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>against Venezuela<\/strong>, based on an alleged anti-cartel operation that Caracas insistently denounced as an &#8220;aggression&#8221; aimed at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/577590-fanb-rechaza-vulgar-acto-pirateria-eeuu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">propitiating<\/a>&nbsp;a &#8220;regime change&#8221;, whose ultimate goal is to seize the vast riches of the Bolivarian nation, especially oil and gas.\n\n&#8220;The United States has successfully carried out a large-scale attack against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, who, along with his wife, <strong>has been captured and taken out of the country<\/strong>,&#8221; the U.S. president wrote on Truth Social, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115830428767897167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Pueblo venezolano en los alrededores de Miraflores expresando su apoyo al presidente Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JCxzglTLSq\">pic.twitter.com\/JCxzglTLSq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TaniaSandinista (@taniasandinista) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/taniasandinista\/status\/2007449888385060929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nThe aerial attack and the capture of Maduro occurred amid an escalation of actions that began last August, with the unusual deployment of a military operation in the Caribbean, off the coast of the South American country, which led to bombings against small boats accused without evidence of drug trafficking, threats of incursion against Caracas and the seizure of oil tankers, in acts qualified by the Venezuelan Government as &#8220;theft&#8221; and &#8220;piracy&#8221;.\n\nIn recent weeks, the White House&#8217;s discourse has changed. What was initially presented as a strategy against drug trafficking has shifted towards the explicit desire to seize Venezuelan oil, which, in Donald Trump&#8217;s opinion, has been &#8220;stolen&#8221; by Venezuela.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Venezuelan people are gathering this Saturday around Miraflores to express their support for President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, captured along with his wife, Cilia Flores, by the United States, as can be seen from the videos spread on social media. &#8220;Maduro, hold on, the people are rising up,&#8221; is one of the shouts heard in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":496576,"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],"class_list":["post-496573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25bf","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/69593213e9ff717fe2427a54.jpg","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\/69593213e9ff717fe2427a54.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496573","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=496573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}