Understand why holiday was anticipated in Venezuela

Bitter, they believed that Christmas would be taken from the Venezuelan people. They think their campaigns will discourage and scare people, that they will stay at home, that there will be no Christmas here. These people are happy by nature and they do not understand that. Diosdado Cabello, interior minister, in a statement on television

In his Instagram profile, Maduro published a commemorative video. According to him, the celebrations begin with “peace, happiness and security.” See below (in Spanish):

Maduro’s announcement occurs along with the tension between Venezuela and the United States. The Venezuelan government accuses the US of “threatening” the country with the Caribbean -positioned war ships, and states that the US government is based on its policy “on lies and threats” to force a change of regime in Venezuela.

According to Donald Trump’s government, shipping is part of a fight against drug trafficking cartels. The government formally mature “narcoterrorism” in 2020. In August, US authorities increased to $ 50 million (about $ 267 million, according to current quotation) the reward for information leading to the capture of Venezuelan President.

Anticipation of the date is already common in the country

This is not the first time Christmas has been anticipated in Venezuela. The measure is a recurring practice of Maduro, which in 2024, for example, anticipated celebrations amid a crisis caused by its reelection in July of that year, considered non -transparent by the OAS (Organization of American States) and an opposition fraud, as electoral minutes were not disclosed. At the time, protests left 28 dead and 2,400 detainees.