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””If there is one thing that the Venezuelan people and this country are very clear about, it is that we will never again be slaves, that we will never again be a colony of any empire, of whatever stripe,” Rodriguez said in her address on state television.”
CBS NEWS
Venezuelan officials condemn Maduro’s capture, calling it a “kidnapping”
3 JANUARY 2026
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VENEZUELAN VP DELCY RODRIGUEZ GIVES NATIONALADDRESS IN THE WAKE OF MADURO ”KIDKAPPING”
[REPORTER]
Uhm, what avout Venezuela in the meantime?
Well, the vice president and actiong leader, Delcy Rodriguez, has given
a major televised address to the nation, declaring that Nicolas Maduro remains the
president of Venezuela.
She’s also been demanding his immidiate release.
Miss Rodriguez calling the overnight operation by the United States an
unprecedented military aggression that constitutes a terrible stain on
bilateral relations.
She’s calling for calm and unity to defend the country against what
she described as the kidnapping of Maduro and Flores.
She says Venezuela will never again be a colony of any empire.
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[DELCY RODRIGUEZ,VICE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA]:
[TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH FROM SPANISH,
VOICE OVER SPEAKING IN ENGLISH]:
”Everything within the constitution we learned from the commander Chavez.
In the face of adversities in the face of coupetar, in the face of oil sabotages,we are ready to defend Venezuela.
We are ready to defend our natural resources that must be for national
development.
The extremists who have promoted this armed aggression against our
country, history and justice will make them pay.
If there’s something that the Venezuelan people and this coubtry have very clear
is that we will never again be slaves.
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