{"id":496577,"date":"2026-01-03T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/russia-urges-the-u-s-to-release-maduro-and-his-wife\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:32:35","slug":"russia-urges-the-u-s-to-release-maduro-and-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/russia-urges-the-u-s-to-release-maduro-and-his-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia urges the U.S. to release Maduro and his wife"},"content":{"rendered":"The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned<\/a> this Saturday the aggression of the United States against Venezuela and the capture of the president of the Latin American country, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores.\n\n“Given the confirmation of the presence of the Venezuelan president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and his wife in the United States, we strongly urge U.S. leaders to reconsider this position and release the legitimately elected president<\/strong> of a sovereign country and his wife,” reads the statement.\n\nIn the same context, the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized the need to “create the conditions for  resolving any existing conflict<\/strong> between the United States and Venezuela through dialogue.”\n\n\n

Caracas demands “immediate proof of life” of Maduro and his wife<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nUS President Donald Trump announced<\/a> that during the course of tonight’s attack \u2014 which affected Caracas, as well as the states of Miranda, La Guaira and Aragua \u2014 Maduro and the first lady were captured, who were transferred “out of the country”<\/strong>.\n\n\n

His detention was confirmed<\/a> later by the Venezuelan vice president, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, who demanded that the US government provide “immediate proof of life” for both.<\/p>\n\n\nThe Attorney General of the North American country, Pamela Bondi, said<\/a> that the Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, who was also captured, “will soon face the wrath of American Justice<\/strong> on American soil and in American courts.”\n\n“Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has been accused<\/strong> of narcoterrorist conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the United States”, Bondi pointed out, indicating that both the Venezuelan leader and the first lady were charged in the Southern District of New York.\n\n\n

“Very serious military aggression”<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe Venezuelan government spoke out this Saturday after the first air attack perpetrated by the U.S. against the city of Caracas<\/strong> “and the states Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira<\/strong>“, described as a “very serious military aggression<\/a>“. \n\n“This act constitutes a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, especially Articles 1 and 2, which enshrine respect for sovereignty, the legal equality of States, and the prohibition of the use of force. Such aggression threatens international peace and stability<\/strong>, specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean, and seriously endangers the lives of millions of people,” indicates an official statement<\/a>.\n\nIn the statement, Caracas warned that the objective of the attacks “is none other than to seize Venezuela’s strategic resources, in particular its oil and minerals, attempting to forcibly break the political independence of the Nation.”\n\nDespite the pressures, Venezuela warned the U.S.: “You will not succeed<\/strong>. After more than two hundred years of independence, the people and their legitimate Government remain firm in defense of sovereignty<\/strong> and the inalienable right to decide their destiny. The attempt to impose a colonial war to destroy the republican form of government and force a ‘regime change’, in alliance with the fascist oligarchy will fail like all previous attempts.”\n\nIn the midst of the situation, the Venezuelan president ordered<\/a> the implementation of the State of External Commotion throughout the national territory, with the purpose of “protecting the rights of the population, the full functioning of republican institutions and immediately moving to armed struggle”.\n\n“The entire country must be activated to defeat this imperialist aggression<\/strong>“, the statement indicates. Similarly, Caracas announced that it will go before the United Nations Security Council (UN), the Secretary General of that organization, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to demand “the condemnation and accountability of the United States Government”.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned this Saturday the aggression of the United States against Venezuela and the capture of the president of the Latin American country, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. “Given the confirmation of the presence of the Venezuelan president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and his wife in the United States, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":496578,"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":[15851,40414,40230],"class_list":["post-496577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-russia","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25bj","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/w1920h1080.avif","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\/w1920h1080.avif"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496577","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=496577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}