https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thousands-march-caracas-demanding-return-maduro
A PDVSA worker of the state-owned oil company carries a cutout of former President Nicolas Maduro dressed as an oil worker during a rally, January 29, 2026THOUSANDS marched in Caracas on Thursday demanding the return of the country’s kidnapped president and his wife.
President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores were abducted by US forces on January 3 in an overnight raid that saw 83 people, 32 of them Cuban soldiers, killed.
The demonstration, called by the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), called for “respect for our sovereignty and the immediate release of the presidential couple.”
It followed a briefing to the US Senate by Washington’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, in which he threatened Venezuela with further attacks should it defy US instructions.
PSUV mobilisation secretary Nahum Fernandez declared: “We denounce their vile kidnapping and tell the world: we want them back! Maduro, hold on! The people support you!”
Mr Fernandez said the PSUV was consulting “social movements, political organisations, grassroots leaders and the people” with an aim toward “permanent mobilisation” against external threats.
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