NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
The deposed president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has sent a message of solidarity to his country after the earthquakes on Wednesday, in which he points out that “in this difficult hour the call is for national unity, serenity and love.”
In a writing spread on his social networks and dated in New York, where Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores remain in a federal prison accused of narcoterrorism, drug trafficking and use of weapons, the leader tells the “beloved people of Venezuela” that it is time for “maximum unity, maximum solidarity and maximum action.”
“That no one is left alone, that each community takes care of its children, its grandparents, its sick and that we all accompany the work of the rescue forces, GNP (police), FANB (army), civil protection, firefighters, workers and volunteers,” he adds.
Maduro calls for “national unity, serenity and concrete love” to “help, protect, share, lift up and rebuild.”
“Venezuela has faced great tests,” he continues, “and we are also going to emerge from this strong, with faith, discipline and solidarity.”
“Our hearts and our prayers are with you. May God bless and protect Venezuela!” he concludes his message. The provisional official toll of Wednesday’s earthquakes, of intensity 7.2 and 7.5, is 164 dead and 971 injured.
