00:00the venezuelan people mobilized on january 4th in the aftermath of the u.s attack on caracas and
00:15the kidnapping of president maduro and first combatants iria flores the people expressed
00:19their rejection to the imperial action taken to the streets of cities across the nation and
00:24demanding the return of the bolivarian couple our correspondent paul adrani brings us more details
00:28to date with the second chapter of the series the sign of victory
00:52it was a different dawn in venezuela and the first rays of the sun began to show the magnitude of the
00:57material damage and worse still to put a human face on the imperial attack
01:07even i wanted to stay in my position but they told me to come here because i was injured
01:14civilian and military heroes who are facing the historical colonial violence that today dealt the
01:20hardest blow nicolas as his people call him has been kidnapped together with the first lady without
01:27knowing if the attacks would continue the first race of sunshine also brought the people out into the
01:33streets this is the president we want and we want him back because here is a fighting people ready to
01:43fight and rescue their president so make no mistake
02:00between horror and tenderness the people began to surround the miraflores presidential palace
02:06at seven in the morning the orden at the avenue in caracas was filling up
02:16come back green was you won't get through you won't win the bolivarian people are
02:22sordering on and will defend their dignity their identity and their land
02:27so they do it today to nicolas maduro and cilia flores they can do to anyone they can do it to any
02:34country in latino america in the world simply because they want to steal its resources here is
02:40caracas here is venezuela because we are here you are in barcelona you are in maracay you are in
02:46ciudad bolivar and in every corner of the country we stay from here that we will be in the streets we
02:59will be permanently mobilized because no one here is giving up no one here is bending don't need it
03:04with us we are furious and we want our president
03:08a call that within hours began to spread across the planet roma milano new york mexico new york
03:18mexico vasovia warsaw costa rica ireland cuba in paris just to name a few solo por nombrar
03:26algunos in each of these places there was always a venezolan to reject the brutality of foreign
03:33interference the narrative that has been built up since 2020 based on the false claim that venezuela
03:44is ruled by drug cartels has no footing whatsoever not only because of the actual facts but even according
03:53to the dea's own reports la señora machado no juega ningún papel en nuestra política mrs machado plays
04:01no role in our politics fortunately that woman is a die-hard fascist el nido del fascismo
04:08and that is exactly what they don't want in their territory the bolivarian project is a doctrine deeply
04:14rooted in the venezuelan people embodied first by ugo chavez and now by nicolas maduro
04:20the bolivarian revolution will not fall because this is a revolution that has been going on since
04:281805 when francisco de miranda raised our flag for the emancipation of our america for the emancipation
04:35of our bolivarian land perhaps that is why it is incomprehensible that just hours after a bombing
04:44there is neither chaos nor fear but quite the opposite this is a warrior people we are not
04:52afraid of what they did we are staying here we are going to defend this land with our blood we are going
04:58to defend it that way and also in that way because it is not just about military defense while part of
05:06the people mobilized early helping can reach every corner attacked by the empire to support my fellow
05:14citizens because this war that trump has waged on us here in venezuela is nothing more than his desire
05:20to get his hands on our country's oil perhaps they hope to unleash widespread panic after the attacks
05:27cause alarm maybe even a popular uprising or internal division but no none of that happened
05:36let them not believe that because they see the streets quiet as they are now is because we are
05:41defeated quite the contrary this is just the beginning so let's prepare with calm and wisdom
05:48yes he fue and so it was peace was maintained these images were captured by international news
05:54agencies and the very fourth of january people stocked up on supplies in supermarkets in peace this
06:01was the situation in plaza sucre and in the densely populated valley and while the marches demanding
06:10the return of the president and the first lady multiplied the defense council provided details in
06:17glasmodo had left clear instructions of the direct attack to place after 28 weeks of u.s military harassment
06:25a decree of external commotion began to take a test our father liberator said it in the letter from
06:35jamaica the bail has been turned we have seen the light and they want to return us to darkness the chains
06:42have been broken we have been free and our enemies want to enslave us again if there is one thing that
06:50the venezuelan people and this country are very clear about is that we will never be slaves again and
06:55we'll never be a colony again of any empire of any kind
07:07if the people did not leave the streets by day they held videos by night the people's demand is
07:12the people are here to stay trump give us back our president nicolas maduro you are a thief a fascist
07:40and a pedophile a popular anger that was growing unstoppably
07:52next morning edgar parra was still there what they want is to take over venezuela his oil because that
08:00is their ultimate goal and she was still there too 24 hours later but they weren't the only ones
08:10the imperial attack had unleashed the fury of the venezuelans who took to the streets like this
08:23the rallies were non-stop day after day we will be waiting for them here we will be in the streets
08:32every day demanding the return of our president nicolas maduro we shall overcome
08:45the gringos and the empire will fall down no empire can last forever
08:52the venezuelan people didn't stop and on the first monday of 2026 the new legislative period began
08:59but it was never like that with the people outside resisting we demand the return of our president nicolas maduro
09:09because here we have a resolute people a people who defend sovereignty and constitutional law
09:20and it was literally so they advanced to the national assembly whose building was surrounded by the people
09:26people inside the empty chair of congresswoman celia flores seemed to inspire even more strength and
09:33the scene was the beginning of it all marking a day that showed the world the political civil and
09:39military unity of venezuela the venezuela a pesar de las brutales aggression despite the brutal aggressions
09:47democracy did not stop this new assembly is the one that will have to implement the laws of a country
09:53whose president has been kidnapped and these are their faces deputies who represent the people in a
09:59popular assembly that promotes participatory democracy and before which delci rodriguez was
10:06sworn in as acting president delci rodriguez vengo con dolor i come in pain over the kidnapping of two
10:15heroes who are being held hostage in the united states of america president nicolas maduro and first
10:22combatant and first lady of this country celia flores i come in pain but i must say that i also come
10:30with the honor of swearing in the name of all venezuelan men and in the name of all venezuelan women
10:38i come to swear by our father liberator simon bolivar who is the guide and historical beacon of venezuela's
10:45future whose liberating blood runs through the veins of all venezuela those who are determined will not
10:58leave the streets until they see nicolas and celia return without stopping the construction of that
11:04bolivarian homeland for which they resisted and worked so hard
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