Nicolas Maduro and his wife remain imprisoned for alleged narcoterrorism while the prosecution claims and claims their immunity and Delcy Rodriguez continues to face as interim president the imperialist interests of Donald Trump, who has claimed to have control of the country and has ordered the immediate extraction of crude oil.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan society is experiencing a tense calm with constant patrols on the streets of Caracas.
The sectoral vice president of Politics, Citizen Security and Peace of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello Rondón, has deployed several groups of armed men in different parts of the capital, militias known in the country as collectives.
Caracas, immersed in a tense calm
Last Sunday, after the US attack on the territory, paramilitary groups began to deploy through neighborhoods such as Petare and Catia, located at opposite ends of the capital. Days later, the Cabello Police are already monitoring almost every corner of Caracas.
Images published on social networks show security forces in a vigilant attitude, with tactical vehicles parked in the streets of the capital and uniformed vehicles patrolling residential areas.
Aboard motorcycles or on foot, their mission is to restrict access on large avenues, guard supermarkets or point shotguns, rifles or other large-caliber weapons at anyone who passes by under the motto: “Always loyal, never traitors! Doubting is treason!” They also stop cars and search electronic devices arbitrarily.
Diosdado Cabello boasts of controlling the streets with his Police: “Always loyal, never traitors”
Under this threatening climate, according to Cabello, “tranquility” reigns and is guaranteed thanks to its presence since its purpose, he assures, is “protect the people and guarantee their safety“.
From the official accounts of the Ministry of the Interior, Justice and Peace, it has been reported that the operation is part of the “commitment of the Bolivarian Government to the comprehensive defense of the homeland”, against the alleged “imperial attacks” that, according to the official discourse, seek to destabilize the country.
The images, however, have generated criticism on social networks, where several users interpreted the gesture as a demonstration of political and military control rather than citizen security.
Maduro is still present
These demonstrations of force and control are a sign that the Chavista regime remains in power despite the kidnapping of the president. Nicolás Maduro by Trump’s Army. And the leader also continues to be present in political rhetoric: Delcy Rodríguez described him as a “hero” at his inauguration and the attorney general of Venezuela came out in his defense this Tuesday.
Tarek William Saab has assured that the Constitution and international law establish that Maduro has immunity for his position as president of the South American country, so he could not be arrested or prosecuted by “foreign courts.”
“The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela establishes (…) the immunity of the president, which is not only a personal or individual prerogative, but a principle of constitutional rank on a universal scale,” Saab said in an act of notification to the Prosecutor’s Office, Comptroller’s Office and Attorney’s Office of the installation of a new five-year term of Parliament.
This implies, he adds, that Maduro cannot be arrested or prosecuted by foreign courts“so they are going to try to invent any false positive in the accusations.”
“The military operation that was carried out against the national territory, without a prior declaration of war or resolution of the UN Security Council, constitutes an illegal armed aggression of a terrorist nature, which violates the Charter of the United Nations Organization,” he stated.
Saab has stated that the “forced extraction” of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, It is classified as an “international kidnapping.”
Threats with crude oil as the protagonist
The protagonist in the last hours has been oil: Trump has assured that the Government of Venezuela is willing to give you 30 to 50 million barrels of “high quality” oil” which will be sold in the US market.
It also informs that he will be in charge of controlling the money of the sale of oil in the local market “to guarantee that it is used for the benefit of the Venezuelan people and the United States.”
According to the Republican, it will be the Department of Energy, led by Secretary Chris Wright, who will execute the crude oil extraction plan immediately.
This is another sign of power from the Republican leader, who claims to have control of Venezuela in his hands. That is why he also announced last Monday that he himself will make the decisions of the Latin American country and that his trusted men will be at his side monitoring a political transition, a plan that seems to be taking its first steps.
Yes, he has addressed the now acting president Delcy Rodríguez, whom he has threatened that, “if she does not behave well” and does not give her “full access” to crude oil, “she will pay a very high price, probably higher than Maduro.” In addition, he has warned that he has a second ground attack prepared in case it is necessary.
Rodríguez has responded firmly, warning that his destiny “is not decided but by God” and ensuring that “there is no external agent that governs Venezuela.”