Our correspondent Belen de los Santos updates us on the situation in Venezuela a few hours before the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro for his new presidential term 2025-2031. teleSUR
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00:00In Venezuela, all is being ready for the inauguration this Friday 10th, January 10th,
00:05of President Nicolás Maduro for his third consecutive term.
00:08For that we are going straight live to Caracas in Venezuela with our correspondent
00:12Belén de los Santos for all the details of what is happening today on this occasion.
00:20Hello Luis, exactly we are here in Caracas,
00:24exactly from the Yaguno Bridge in downtown Caracas.
00:28And this is very early in the morning, a regular Friday morning,
00:32but this sector of the city is with high expectations because just a few blocks away
00:38is going to take place today the presidential inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro,
00:44who was elected on July 28th, presidential elections.
00:47And today, January 10th, is the presidential inauguration.
00:51That means that the third mandate of President Maduro begins officially today,
00:56as he is swearing in before the National Assembly.
00:59So, let's recall a little bit how we get to this day.
01:03So, according to the constitution, the authorities from the National Assembly,
01:07the new authorities for the new legislative period that were reinstated and reconfirmed
01:13on Sunday, are taking President Maduro's oath.
01:17And this is happening as it always happens in the National Assembly,
01:21that is just a few blocks away.
01:24So, this is a normal day here in Caracas with all the security measures,
01:29of course, that mark this important day.
01:32The streets otherwise are calm.
01:35We come from a day of demonstrations that was yesterday in Caracas.
01:39So, Thursday, as you know, as we have been reporting here from Venezuela,
01:45it was a day of peaceful demonstrations.
01:48People took to the streets.
01:49We had reports from all over the city, also from all over the country,
01:54with people coming out in support of this institutional day.
01:59One of the most important things to keep in mind is that this swearing-in ceremony,
02:05this presidential inauguration, is a key step in reaffirming the institutionality
02:12and just the normal peace of the city, of the country,
02:17something that has been on the spotlight internationally.
02:21And this is a very important thing to point out from here.
02:25That is why we are out on the streets.
02:26That is why we are reporting.
02:29Of course, any swearing-in ceremony has a lot of media attention,
02:33but we know that with Venezuela, that takes a particular twist.
02:37And it's important to reinstate that here in Caracas,
02:41we are out and that everything is going according to normal.
02:45The demonstrations yesterday were massive,
02:48and what is happening today has to do with the beginning of this
02:52third six-year mandate for President Nicolás Maduro.
02:56Also, an important thing to point out is the international presence at this event.
03:02So, one of the things that President Nicolás Maduro, for the past month,
03:06since the elections up to this moment,
03:08has been reinforcing is the idea of making Venezuela
03:13the epicenter of an international fight against fascism, against the far right.
03:19Of course, this has been tough months for Venezuela in terms of the media
03:24and international pressure from the violent actions
03:28after the presidential elections onward.
03:31And a way to respond to this international pressure
03:35has been, on the one hand, and the internal front,
03:38to go back to the people, to the communes.
03:41So, reinforcing the popular power here in the country
03:45with the popular consultations, with the true sense of democracy,
03:49that is the democracy of the peoples,
03:51with different political activities that have to do with taking back that power,
03:57that is really the mandate of the people.
03:59And also, on an international level,
04:02just gathering all the international support
04:05in the face of these far right attempts
04:08and international pressures from media campaigns, for example.
04:12And the International Anti-Fascism Congress, for example,
04:17that have been going on,
04:18are gathering here today now again for the swearing-in ceremony.
04:23And that is the International Anti-Fascist Festival that is also going on.
04:28So, we have activities on the streets.
04:31Of course, this is very early in the morning,
04:33but Caracas is expected to have all the people back again on the streets today.
04:38We have sound checks, we have posts waiting for the people to arrive.
04:42This is about to be yet another popular party, as it was yesterday as well.
04:48And the international guests are also here
04:51to continue their anti-fascist festival.
04:55So, that is happening here in Caracas.
04:57We will continue reporting along the day.
05:00We are here to bring you the latest on Venezuela in this presidential inauguration.
05:04Luis, I go back to you now.
05:15Thank you, Belén, for all those details.
05:17We will stay, of course, in touch to continue following up
05:20everything that is happening in Venezuela
05:21on this important day of the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro.