00:00Well, I think that we need to speak to first the sentiment of the population.
00:05First of all, we need to understand that even though we can go to the past that Latin America and the Caribbean has in terms of U.S. interventions,
00:15we need to understand that for most of the region that has been deemed a region of a zone of peace for most of the past decades and for the current generations, this is a first.
00:26We are speaking of a red line that has been crossed, and that means that for the population in Venezuela, we need to go back to that January 3rd.
00:37There was an attack that included bombings not only in Caracas, the capital, but also in the states of La Guaira, of Aragua, of Miranda.
00:45And this means that for the first time in their lives, this population woke up to explosions and bombings.
00:52So we need to really start from a human level to understand what this population is going through.
00:58Just the commotion after such an event that it had been so much announced.
01:04Also, Venezuela had been denouncing this before the international forums, before the U.N. Security Council, for example,
01:10stating that the United States is flagrantly announcing they will carry out an attack.
01:16But even though this psychological war was ongoing, this is a first, and the people are just digesting this.
01:24Now, after that initial shock, we need to say that in terms of the population we've been seeing and continue to see just up to this afternoon, mobilizations.
01:35And mobilizations that are on the streets, that have been massive.
01:38You've probably seen the images in social networks, and these are mobilizations that have one main demand,
01:45and that is the return of the constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro, and also the defense of the territorial integrity of the country.
01:55This has been prepared by the territorial forces.
02:01We were saying that this was an announced attack.
02:04So Venezuelans that have a very long history of territorial organization were preparing for coming out to the streets to defend what is them.
02:14So those demonstrations are marking the time in Venezuela right now, that at a population level.
02:21And also, in terms of institutionality, we need to keep into account that despite President Donald Trump coming out to say that they are allegedly running Venezuela
02:31or wanting to run Venezuela, the situation right now is not that.
02:36Venezuela has continued and maintained its institutionality.
02:40The National Assembly initiated sessions for the coming period.
02:44Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in as acting president following the state of commotion that was announced previously by the presidential order of Nicolás Maduro.
02:55So Nicolás Maduro continues to be the president of the nation.
02:59Delcy Rodriguez, on behalf of the institutionality, is acting president, and that institutionality is still going strong.
03:06So that is a little bit of what is happening.
