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Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, captured by U.S. forces successful a nighttime raid successful January, said Saturday (March 28, 2026) that they consciousness “steadfast” and “serene” successful their archetypal societal media station from prison.
Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, person been held successful a Brooklyn jailhouse for astir 3 months, aft American commandos snatched the brace from their compound successful Caracas, and they person reportedly been without entree to the net oregon newspapers.
“We are well, steadfast, serene and successful changeless prayer,” the brace said successful a connection shared connected Mr. Maduro’s X account, though it was unclear who made the station connected their behalf.
“We person received your communications, your messages, your emails, your letters and your prayers. Every connection of love, each motion of affection, each look of enactment fills our souls and strengthens america spiritually.”
A root adjacent to the Venezuelan authorities told AFP that Mr. Maduro reads the Bible and is referred to arsenic “president” by immoderate of his chap detainees successful Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, a national situation known for unsanitary conditions.
He is lone allowed to pass by telephone with his household and lawyers for a maximum of 15 minutes per call, the root added.
His son, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, known arsenic “Nicolasito,” has said successful nationalist appearances that his begetter is well, calm, and adjacent exercising successful prison.
Mr. Maduro, who has declared himself a “prisoner of war,” had not spoken since being arraigned successful New York connected January 5.
“We consciousness a heavy admiration for our people’s quality to stay agreed successful hard times, to explicit love, awareness, and solidarity, wrong Venezuela and beyond our borders,” the mates added successful Saturday’s (March 28, 2026) post.
During a one-hour proceeding connected Thursday (March 26, 2026), the justice rejected a defence question implicit Mr. Maduro and his wife’s evident inability to spend their ineligible measure without assistance from the Venezuelan government. Neither spoke during the tribunal appearance.
Mr. Maduro has pleaded not blameworthy to charges of “narco-terrorism” conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of instrumentality guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to person instrumentality guns and destructive devices.
The January cognition deposed Mr. Maduro, who had led Venezuela since 2013, forcing the oil-rich state to mostly crook to U.S. President Donald Trump’s will.
Delcy Rodriguez, who had been Mr. Maduro’s vice president since 2018, is present astatine the helm and grappling with starring a state saddled with the world’s largest proven lipid reserves but an system successful shambles.
Since Mr. Maduro’s ouster, Rodriguez has enacted a historical amnesty instrumentality to escaped governmental prisoners jailed during his tenure and reformed lipid and mining regulations successful enactment with US demands for entree to her country’s immense earthy wealth.
This month, the State Department said it was restoring diplomatic ties with Venezuela successful a motion of thawing relations.
