The Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguezsaid this Saturday, January 3, 2026: “The whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are unknown“, and demanded that the United States show a “instant proof of life” from both after the military attack that occurred in the Caribbean country in the early hours of the morning.
“Us We do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores“Explained Rodríguez in an audio broadcast on Telegram.
Minutes earlier, US President Donald Trump confirmed that his army had captured Maduro and his wife and forced them out of Venezuela after launching a “large-scale attack” against the Caribbean nation.
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In the message recorded and broadcast on Telegram, the vice president described the attack as a direct military action by the United States against Venezuela in the early hours of the morning. According to him, “It was in the early hours of today The United States government has taken the wrong step that Venezuela denounces and launched a brutal airstrike Violation of all norms of international law, violation of the Charter of the United Nations and violation of any kind of regulation that determines how differences between sovereign states should be regulated.”
Rodríguez expressed the impact of the attack on Venezuelan society and the government. “We are really more than outraged. “The Venezuelan people are outraged,” he said.
In this context, he particularly referred to the attacks on the country’s capital. “The cradle of our liberating father, the capital, Caracas was attacked. The capital, the city where the liberator of the great country was born, where the greatest man of our continent was born, was injured, was attacked and attacked“, he explained.
Diosdado Cabello lost his “energetic” tone: he asked “international and human rights organizations” for help.
After describing the bombings, he once again emphasized the situation of the President and the First Lady. “Given this brutal situation and this brutal attack We do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.“, he repeated.
In this sense, he called for an immediate response from Washington. “We demand immediate evidence from the administration of President Donald Trump about the lives of President Maduro and the First Lady“, he said.
Rodríguez recalled previous warnings from the Venezuelan head of state about a possible scenario of external aggression. “President Maduro had already made himself very clear and warned the Venezuelan people about this Because of the desperation of the United States’ energy greed, aggression of this kind could occur“, held.
After Maduro’s capture “there would be no new US military actions in Venezuela”
Delcy Rodríguez called on “people to take to the streets activated in militias”
He also reviewed the instructions given by Maduro before the attack. “The first thing President Maduro said to the Venezuelan people was: “People on the street activated into militias, all plans activated”” he explained, adding that the president “gave very clear orders to the Bolivarian National Armed Forces to do this.” in perfect fusion of military, people and police “All of the country’s comprehensive defense plans will be activated.”
In this context, he pointed out that these provisions have been formalized with an institutional measure. “They are therefore activated with the decree signed by President Nicolás Maduro The external shock“, he indicated.
The vice president also noted the human consequences of the attacks. “We demand respect for international law. We condemn this brutal, cruel form of aggression against our people, which has claimed the lives of military officials who have become martyrs of our country.” and that has claimed the lives of innocent Venezuelan civilians at various points of the attacksboth in the capital and in the states of Aragua, in the states of Miranda and in La Guaira,” he explained.
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In another section of the message, Rodríguez confirmed that the executive orders were still in force and were known to the military and security authorities. “The call is very clear. President Maduro’s instruction is to activate immediately, and.” Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López knows this.Our Bolivarian National Army knows it, the Venezuelan people organized into militias know it, and our citizen security agencies know it too. that we go out to defend our homeland in a perfect fusion of police and military” said.
The Venezuelan vice president called for social mobilization to defend national sovereignty. “The Venezuelan people, in perfect national unity, must commit themselves to the defense of their natural resourcess, but it must also be activated to defend the most sacred thing that a homeland can have, namely its independence, its right to the future, its right to have a free homeland without any external tutelage, without being turned into someone else’s colony. We will never be slaves“, held.
Spain offered itself as a mediator to seek “a peaceful solution in Venezuela”.
He also claimed that the Venezuelan president himself had predicted the attack. “The president had already seen it that way, because I knew they were capable of crossing those red linescapable of endangering the terrible integrity of an independent and free country, endangering the peace and tranquility of our people,” he noted.
Finally, he called for internal cohesion and the defense of sovereignty. “It is in all of us and it is my call for a perfect national union. All the vital forces of Venezuelan society are activated to ensure Venezuela’s independence. “No foreign government should attempt to give orders to Venezuela,” he concluded.
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