{"id":27978,"date":"2026-01-04T05:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=27978"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:36:05","slug":"maduro-venezuelas-only-president-no-empire-will-rule-us-caracas-vows-resistance-after-us-kidnapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/maduro-venezuelas-only-president-no-empire-will-rule-us-caracas-vows-resistance-after-us-kidnapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Maduro Venezuela\u2019s only president; no empire will rule us\u2019: Caracas vows resistance after US kidnapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"news-title-container\"><strong>Maduro Venezuela\u2019s only president; no empire will rule us\u2019: Caracas vows resistance after US kidnapping<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"news-detail\"><strong><time class=\"news-modifydate-container\" datetime=\"Saturday, 03 January 2026 8:45 PM\" data-val=\"761802\">Saturday, 03 January 2026 8:45 PM\u00a0\u00a0[\u00a0Last Update:\u00a0Saturday, 03 January 2026 8:46 PM\u00a0]<\/time><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"news-body-container\">\n<div id=\"mediaplayer\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imgPlayback\" class=\"news-attachment\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.presstv.ir\/Photo\/2026\/1\/3\/c1b8c262-f514-4a5e-9782-3356e7662299.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/strong><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"news-attachment-container\"><strong>Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<h4><strong>Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has strongly condemned an illegal US military attack that resulted in the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, demanding their immediate release and warning that Venezuela is prepared to defend itself.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Speaking in a live public address on Saturday, Rodriguez denounced the early-morning attack as \u201cbarbaric,\u201d denouncing Washington for besieging and blockading Venezuela with the aim of forcing regime-change and seizing the country\u2019s natural wealth.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><strong>Condemnations pour in after US bombing of Venezuela, kidnapping of Maduro\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CdMQkCi9rr\">https:\/\/t.co\/CdMQkCi9rr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 Press TV \ud83d\udd3b (@PressTV)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/2007542484474442069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>\u201cWe demand the immediate release of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, the only president of Venezuela,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said, adding that the aggression had exposed the true objectives of the United States.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThe masks have fallen and it is clear that they had only one objective: A regime-change in Venezuela, so that they could seize our energy, mineral, and natural resources,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThey want to enslave us again. We will never be slaves again, we will never be a colony of any empire of any kind.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Rodriguez said the government was ready to defend the country and its resources, stressing that the Venezuelan people were outraged by the \u201cillegal, illegitimate kidnapping\u201d of the president and the first lady. She also urged citizens to remain calm amid the unfolding situation.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Her remarks came after US President Donald Trump said Washington intended to take control of Venezuela during an interim period following the kidnapping of Maduro and Flores.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Speaking at a press conference in Florida, Trump claimed the US would \u201crun\u201d Venezuela until a \u201csafe, proper, and judicious\u201d transition of power takes place. He said officials from his administration would oversee \u201cgovernance\u201d during that period, pointing to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and War Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"oembed\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/01\/03\/761786\/US-Trump-take-control-Venezuela-safe-power-transition-Maduro-kidnapping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.presstv.ir\/Photo\/2026\/1\/3\/00983a14-816a-46ad-ac02-af2d7996ff15.jpg\" alt=\"Trump claims US will \u2018run\u2019 Venezuela in interim after kidnapping of Maduro\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"title\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/01\/03\/761786\/US-Trump-take-control-Venezuela-safe-power-transition-Maduro-kidnapping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump claims US will \u2018run\u2019 Venezuela in interim after kidnapping of Maduro<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/01\/03\/761786\/US-Trump-take-control-Venezuela-safe-power-transition-Maduro-kidnapping\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/01\/03\/761786\/US-Trump-take-control-Venezuela-safe-power-transition-Maduro-kidnapping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump says the US will take control of Venezuela following the reported kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Trump also claimed that US forces were already present in Venezuela, though no immediate evidence was provided.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>The attack began in the early hours of Saturday, when American troops carried out coordinated strikes on civilian and military targets in Caracas and several other states.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Trump said Maduro and Flores were kidnapped during the attack and flown out of the country.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>US officials claimed the couple were aboard an American warship en route to New York to face \u201ccriminal charges.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>The US military aggression followed months of escalating pressure on Venezuela, including a buildup of forces in South America and attacks in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean that Washington purported were linked to drug trafficking allegations, claims previously rejected by Maduro as a pretext for an attack on the country.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maduro Venezuela\u2019s only president; no empire will rule us\u2019: Caracas vows resistance after US kidnapping Saturday, 03 January 2026 8:45 PM\u00a0\u00a0[\u00a0Last Update:\u00a0Saturday, 03 January 2026 8:46 PM\u00a0] Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has strongly condemned an illegal US military attack that resulted in the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":27979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28420,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27978\/revisions\/28420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}