Venezuelan Leaders Remain United Behind Maduro After US Capture, Interim Regime Says
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Category: GLOBAL GOVERNMENT & ALLIANCES
Summary:
Following a U.S. military operation that resulted in the arrests of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, officials within the Venezuelan regime maintained that Maduro remains the country's sole president. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who is also the oil minister, emphatically stated Maduro's status as president during remarks on state television on January 3. Rodríguez called for the immediate release of Maduro and his wife, labeling the arrests a violation of the United Nations charter. Maduro loyalists condemned the arrests and emphasized their continued support for the detained president.
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Scripture: Psalm 2:1-2
"Why are the nations in an uproar, And the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed:"
Commentary:
Power struggles between leaders and nations often reveal how fragile governments can be when tested by outside force. For ordinary people in Venezuela, the sudden arrest of their president and uncertainty about the country's future will hit home in very real ways. It’s striking how global actors play strongly on what seems like distant chessboards, yet the consequences land on the streets of local cities. Scripture consistently shows that such upheavals among rulers and alliances align with patterns prophesied for nations at the end of the age.
Prophetic Trend:
Global intervention in national leadership disputes highlights increasing geopolitical turmoil consistent with prophetic end-time patterns of unrest among rulers.
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Source Excerpt:
After a complex and coordinated U.S. military operation resulted in the arrests of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, top officials from the Venezuelan regime adopted a defiant tone and asserted that the captured leader was still the nation’s one and only president. “There is only one president in this country, and his name is Nicolás Maduro,” Delcy Rodríguez, who has served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018 and is also Venezuela’s oil minister, said in remarks on state television on Jan. 3. She demanded that the United States immediately release Maduro and his wife and called the arrests a violation of the United Nations charter.......
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Source: The Epoch Times
Posted on 01-04-2026 16:43