The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, appointed this Sunday a commission to manage the release of the country’s president, who was captured along with his wife, Cilia Flores, by the United States in the midst of an attack on Venezuelan territory, reported the Minister of Communication, Freddy Náñez.

In a statement broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), at the end of a council of ministers, Ñáñez assured that Rodríguez, who was summoned by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to serve as interim president, created a “high-level” instance for the release of the presidential couple.

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The commission, whose tasks were not immediately specified, will be headed by the head of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) and head of the “dialogue and peace in Venezuela”Jorge Rodríguez.

Likewise, it is made up of the chancellor, Yván Gil, the president of the government migrant repatriation program Gran Misión Plan Vuelta a la Patria, Camilla Fabri, and the Minister of Information.

Ñáñez also highlighted that Rodríguez visited this Sunday “to the boys and girls who were injured in the fighting resulting from the attack”executed at dawn on Saturday by the United States in Caracas and the Venezuelan states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira (north).

“Young men and women, brave and heroic soldiers who put their hearts to defend our sovereignty, our integrity and our president Nicolás Maduro Moros”stated the head of Communication.

So far, the Venezuelan Executive has not specified the number of injuries or deaths in the bombings, although this Sunday the Government of Cuba reported that 32 soldiers from the island who were on mission in this country died in “combative actions” during the US attack.

Venezuelan sources cited by The New York Times revealed that 80 people were killed in Venezuela in the operation, while Washington officials revealed that half a dozen US soldiers were wounded, although Trump did not want to confirm the numbers.

On the other hand, Ñáñez, who described this Sunday as “a day of great productivity“He assured that the country is at peace.

“We want, finally, to certify that at this time our country throughout the length and breadth is in absolute peace, it is in absolute protection of the Government institutions that have been deployed to guarantee security.”, he stated.

A session of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) was convened for this Monday, which will install its new 2026-2031 legislature, amid the political uncertainty that the country is experiencing as a result of Maduro’s arrest.

Caracas woke up this Sunday, January 4, slowed down, with empty streets, very little vehicle circulation and businesses with long lines of buyers, according to EFE, a day after the US attack in some parts of this capital and other surrounding areas and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. (EFE)
Caracas woke up this Sunday, January 4, slowed down, with empty streets, very little vehicle circulation and businesses with long lines of buyers, according to EFE, a day after the US attack in some parts of this capital and other surrounding areas and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. (EFE)



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