00:00Also in Venezuela, recreational and cultural activities were held in Ciudad Tuna, Caracas,
00:05a place that was bombarded by the United States government in the early hours of January 3rd.
00:11More details follow in the following report.
00:18The Ciudad Tuna housing complex, built as a part of the Great Mission Vivienda Venezuela,
00:22is located within the military installations for 40 tuna in southern Caracas.
00:26About 5,000 families lived there, and had witnessed the bombardment and the U.S. military encroach.
00:35I still haven't gotten over it, I might get through it, but I don't think it's going to be easy.
00:42Waking up to the attack, to the bombardment, seeing the planes so close,
00:46opening the window and watching them circle around, swooping like vultures,
00:50and launching their missiles the sound was horrific.
00:52I was alone with my two daughters and granddaughters, and we didn't know what to do.
01:03The recreational activities were called our cultural peace,
01:07and were aimed at children, adolescents, and older adults,
01:10with the goal of providing them with entertainment and leisure.
01:12There are a lot of traumatized people here, especially the grandparents and children,
01:21because of what we went through.
01:24This activity seems perfect for us because the community really needed it,
01:28it was a horrible, thunderous noise that's still in my mind.
01:32It was intense, but we are overcoming it, and little by little we will get through this.
01:42I know God is with us, and I believe we will get the president and his wife back.
01:47Our demand is that our president Nicholas Maduro and the first combatant be freed,
01:56and this is further proof that we do not have weapons.
01:59The farmers here, we are cultivators, there are many neighbors.
02:03Our weapons can be our musical instruments, painting, poetry,
02:06and that is what will keep us, among other things, in the ongoing struggle.
02:14This location houses the Sequel Samora Community Circuit,
02:17which under the slogan,
02:19Our Cultura is Peace, highlight the peaceful nature of Venezuelans.
02:25We are a Venezuela of peace, of love, of culture, of education and of respect,
02:30and after what they did to us, we were not prepared, and we will never be prepared.
02:34I experienced it, and it still gives me a kind of nostalgia,
02:39fear because seeing the expressions of my neighbors, the shout of evacuate,
02:43seeing the helicopters in front of me invading my space, invading my Venezuela,
02:47invading my family, hearing the screams of my neighbors,
02:50seeing grandmothers running and others who cannot run,
02:53and many came out, even without clothes,
02:55and hearing that roar that I still have in my ear.
02:57Something never before seen in our land or in Latin America,
03:07a president of the republic being taken from his home,
03:10especially a president who has done so much for us,
03:13and for this land, together with his wife.
03:18Truly, for us Venezuelans,
03:20it is something indescribably horrible,
03:23and we are standing in struggle for his return.
03:29The Venezuelan government will proceed to carry repairs
03:34on more than 4,000 homes that were affected by the United States military aggression.
03:39In the camera of José Luis Briceño, Leonardo Urrieta, Telesur, Caracas, Venezuela.
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