The Venezuelan leader addresses the “beloved people of Venezuela” on behalf of himself and his wife, Cilia Flores, to send them “a hug of faith, love and gratitude”
The ousted president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, released this Sunday (24), the Christian holiday of Pentecost, a message in which he calls for unity to the Venezuelan people and thanks the United States, where he is imprisoned, for the support he received.
“Consistent action is born from this faith that demonstrates its values in daily practice: in living solidarity, in love between all, in helping those who suffer, in respect, in service and in the common good. And, above all, in the UNION, to consolidate our path as a country blessed by the Holy Spirit”, Maduro published on his social media account.
The Venezuelan leader addresses the “beloved people of Venezuela” on behalf of himself and his wife, Cilia Flores, to send them “a hug of faith, love and gratitude”.
The message includes two quotes from the Gospel of Matthew that ask us to have faith and not doubt. “If two of you agree on earth on any matter they ask, it will be granted to them by my Father who is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I among them,” he observed.
Maduro asks “for peace, prosperity and freedom for all of us”. “May the Holy Spirit blow on Venezuela and on the people of the world; may it give us wisdom to act, humility to reconcile and strength to move forward. Cilia and I thank you for so much support, so many prayers and so much solidarity. We are always with you”, concludes the message, which he signs as “constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela”.
Maduro was captured together with Cilia Flores on January 3, during a United States military incursion that left more than a hundred dead and after which the president and the first lady were transferred and imprisoned in New York. Both pleaded not guilty to the charges against them in the process, related to alleged drug trafficking activities and conspiracy to introduce cocaine into the country.
