00:00The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has scheduled a trial against Venezuelan President Nicolás
00:07Maduro and First Lady Celia Flores to begin on June 1, 2027.
00:12During the trial hearing before Judge Alvin Hellerstein, the court continued to set head deadlines for submitting evidence and classified
00:19information, regardless of whether it will be admitted into the proceedings.
00:24A hearing is scheduled for November 17, during which new evidence will be presented and reviewed to determine whether the
00:31court has jurisdiction.
00:34The defense for the Venezuelan president is expected to seek dismissal of the charges.
00:39Although the trial includes several pit trial stages, including the filling of defense motions in September,
00:46the prosecution anticipates that the parties will complete the evidence discovery phase before the trial begins.
00:59And in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, demonstrations were held condemning the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady
01:07Celia Flores.
01:08Members of the Solidarity Committee in defense of sovereignty of people in struggle led to the demonstrations in support of
01:15the presidential couple.
01:17Participants denounced the illegitimacy of the United States judicial proceedings against President Maduro and his wife,
01:23while calling on Washington to respect Venezuela's sovereignty and right to self-determination.
01:31They also demanded the release of Venezuelan state funds that remain blocked abroad.
01:44Today, we are denouncing the illegal trial, the false charges fabricated by the United States
01:50against President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores.
01:55We consider this to be a gross violation of international law
01:59and the most basic norms governing relations between nations.
02:04On January 3rd, as we know in 2026, Donald Trump decided to kidnap President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in
02:13a vile act,
02:15an act that can only be explained by the very attitudes characteristic of fascism,
02:20for we understand that we are facing the resurgence of fascism in America and around the world.
02:27We call on nations and all the peoples of the world to reject this barbarity and to rise up against
02:34it.
02:36If Donald Trump and his henchmen are allowed to prevail and impose a trial that is false and unlawful in
02:42every respect,
02:43humanity is in great danger.
02:47From the Dominican Republic, we continue to urge the Venezuelan people to resist the aggression to which they have been
02:54subjected.
02:56Their sovereignty cannot be violated by the whim of a man who believes himself to be a great emperor.
03:07Social movements also protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico during the third hearing
03:13against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Celia Flores.
03:17Demonstrations rejected Washington's interference and its unilateral decision to keep them kidnapped
03:22and tried them in a federal court in New York.
03:25Throughout these actions, the Mexican anti-imperialist front demanded the immediate release of the presidential couple
03:31and the lifting of the more than 1,000 coercive measures and sanctions currently imposed on Venezuela.
03:37They also stated that the blockade is preventing the country's reconstruction following the devastating earthquakes of June 24.
03:54The mayor of Caracas, Libertador Municipality, Carmen Meléndez, led a gathering of social movements at Plaza Caracas
04:01in an act of solidarity and support for President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Celia Flores.
04:11On this day, as we gather here at this meeting of all social movements,
04:17at this gathering of all our friends,
04:21of the friends, of the brothers and sisters of our President Nicolás Maduro,
04:25and of our first combatant, Flores,
04:29who are currently in the audience.
04:31And we, from here in Caracas,
04:35from this square in Caracas,
04:38we stand with you and ask Almighty God to give you strength and discernment
04:44so that in these moments He may give you the energy to face everything that is happening.
04:48In this moment, let me give you the energy to everything that is happening.
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