Skip to content

Cilia Flores

Brooklyn Rally Demands: Free Nicolas Maduro And Cilia Flores

May 5, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
People rallied outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, to demand freedom for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores. They were kidnapped in Caracas by Trump C and the Pentagon on Jan. 3 and flown to New York. Over 100 Venezuelans and Cubans were killed in the attack. Four months later, these leaders of the Bolivarian Republic remain locked up in MDC Brooklyn, a federal jail notorious for overcrowding and abuse. “No boots on the ground, no bombs in the air! U.S. out of everywhere” was chanted. Protesters said the chants could be heard inside the prison.

After The US Bombing, A Venezuelan Community Under Siege Speaks

April 23, 2026 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. , , , , ,
The large-scale US airstrike on Venezuela was unprecedented in modern history. The surprise attack forcibly kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Combatant Cilia Flores, from Fort Tiuna on the outskirts of Caracas. The US killed over 100 people in the early morning hours of January 3, 2026, including reportedly some civilians in the neighboring Ciudad Tiuna social housing complex. We visited Ciudad Tiuna 50 days after the US bombing to hear the resident’s accounts. We were the second “solidarity brigade” to visit Venezuela and the first to arrive by air.

Roger Waters Demands Release Of President Maduro And Cilia Flores

April 15, 2026 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. , , , ,
Roger Waters chose April 13 to stage a protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, demanding the release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. The date was not chosen at random, as that same Monday, Venezuela commemorated National Dignity Day, marking 24 years since the defeat of the coup attempt against Commander Hugo Chávez, which was reversed by masses of Chávez supporters descending on the seat of the presidency in Caracas and demanding the return of their duly elected president.

Protests In Venezuela And US Demand Freedom For Presidential Couple

March 28, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
Simultaneous marches were held in Caracas and New York on Thursday, March 26, demanding the release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady and National Assembly Deputy Cilia Flores, who are being illegally held captive in the United States. In New York City and Plaza Bolívar in Caracas, hundreds of banners flew with a single slogan, “Free the Venezuelan presidential couple.” On Thursday, during the presidential couple’s second hearing, people from different nationalities gathered near the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judge Affirms Maduro and Flores’ ‘Right To Defend Themselves Is Paramount’

March 26, 2026 Gloria Guillo, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
The pre-trial conference of kidnapped and incarcerated political prisoners Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores was held on Thursday, March 26 at the Southern District Court in Lower Manhattan, New York. The defendants were taken hostage in an early morning raid on January 3 by the U.S. government’s Delta Force during an illegal assault on a Caracas Venezuela military installation where the couple were resting. Their arraignment was held on January 5 where they both pleaded not guilty to charges including narco-terrorism and drug trafficking.

Women’s Brigades Demand Freedom For Venezuelan Presidential Couple

March 8, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
A total of 118 delegates from 22 nations gathered Friday, March 6, in Caracas for the meeting of the International Women’s Brigades Cilia Flores for Peace. International solidarity was on full display in the Venezuelan capital to demand the immediate release of First Lady and Deputy Cilia Flores, and her husband, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. This initiative, organized as part of the activities for the week of International Women’s Day, intends to highlight the direct impact of sanctions and economic blockades on the lives of women in countries like Venezuela and Cuba.

A First Lady In A New York Cell

March 6, 2026 Medea Benjamin and Michelle Ellner, Counter Punch. , , , ,
On International Working Women’s Day in 2025, Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, read a poem she wrote highlighting the historic role played by Latin American women in the fight against imperialism. One year later, she languishes in a cell in New York City, having been dragged out of her room and kidnapped by U.S. forces on the January 3 attack on Venezuela. The first images after her abduction showed her face bruised. We later learned she had broken ribs, 23 stitches in her forehead, and deteriorating health inside U.S. custody.

Venezuela After January 3: A Nation Standing In The Storm

March 5, 2026 Medea Benjamin, Popular Resistance. , , , , , ,
On our recent delegation to Venezuela, one quote echoed again and again — a warning written nearly two centuries ago by Simón Bolívar in 1829: “The United States appears destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” For many Venezuelans, that line no longer feels like history. It feels like the present. The January 3 U.S. military operation that seized President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores marked a dramatic escalation in a conflict that Venezuelans describe not as sudden but as cumulative — the culmination of decades of pressure, sanctions, and attempts at isolation.

Call For Demonstration To Demand President Maduro’s Release

March 2, 2026 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
In the United States, grassroots organizations and activist Roger Waters are calling for a mobilization this Tuesday, March 3, in Brooklyn, New York City, to demand the release of First Lady Cilia Flores and President Nicolás Maduro, denouncing their illegal detention. The mobilization, which is expected to bring together various social organizations, will demand the release of the presidential couple on the two-month anniversary of the military attack carried out by US forces in Venezuela. The march is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. (local time) with the meeting point in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center, located at 80 West 29th Street, in Brooklyn.

At The UN, Venezuelan FM Denounces ‘Systematic Campaign’ Against Country

February 27, 2026 Brasil de Fato, People's Dispatch. , , , , ,
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil denounced a “systematic campaign” against his country on Monday, February 23, at the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Gil stated that this campaign is a “political operation disguised as a legal debate”, which leads to the freezing of benefits and prejudice, criminalization, and xenophobia against Venezuelan migrants. Furthermore, Yván Gill demanded the release of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and the first lady, congresswoman Cilia Flores, who were kidnapped by the United States earlier this year.

The Propaganda Assault: A Tale Of Two Venezuela(n)s

February 21, 2026 Yader Lanuza, Popular Resistance. , , , , ,
After the Trump administration illegally kidnapped the legitimate president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3rd, 2026, we saw two distinct and divergent responses from Venezuelans. On the one hand, the Venezuelan diaspora, especially in the United States, celebrated President Maduro’s kidnapping and bombing of their birth country. On the other hand, inside Venezuela, for weeks after the illegal abduction, citizens engaged in (almost) daily and massive demonstrations to condemn the attack that killed and wounded over 100 people.

The Decapitation That Failed

February 20, 2026 Roger D. Harris and John Perry, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
The kidnapping of a sitting head of state marks a grave escalation in US-Venezuela relations. By seizing Venezuela’s constitutional president, Washington signaled both its disregard for international law and its confidence that it would face little immediate consequence. The response within the US political establishment to the attack on Venezuela has been striking. Without the slightest cognitive dissonance over President Maduro’s violent abduction, Democrats call for “restoring democracy” – but not for returning Venezuela’s lawful president. So why didn’t the imperialists simply assassinate him?

US Hearing Postponed for Kidnapped Venezuelan President And First Lady

February 20, 2026 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. , , , , ,
The federal court in New York rescheduled for March 26, 2026 the second hearing of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, National Assembly Deputy Cilia Flores, following an agreement between the prosecution and the defense. The legitimate president of Venezuela and the first lady are being held illegally imprisoned in the United States, following the US military aggression against Venezuela on January 3, which killed 120 people and wounded a similar number of persons, in addition to causing significant material damage.

Mass Demonstration For Release Of President Maduro, Cilia Flores

February 4, 2026 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. , , , ,
This Tuesday, February 3, the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, was the scene of a massive demonstration of citizens demanding the return of the Constitutional president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and the first lady, Cilia Flores, abducted by US imperialism exactly one month ago. The protest brought together workers, students, and social movements near the La Previsora ​​building in Plaza Venezuela. From there, the march proceeded along Libertador and Urdaneta avenues, ending at the corner of Santa Capilla in the city center, where the demonstrators reaffirmed their commitment to fighting against external pressures.

We’re Being Lied To On A Massive Scale About Events In Venezuela

January 12, 2026 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. , , , , , ,
On January 3, the Trump administration authorized a large-scale military invasion in Venezuela that killed one hundred people. The US bombed infrastructure in and around Caracas, and in other states, and kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro and First Combatant (aka First Lady) Cilia Flores. Outright lies are being reported in the corporate media on a massive scale to justify crimes committed by the US military and to mislead the public. Clearing the FOG speaks with activist and policy analyst Leonardo Flores. Flores addresses many of the common myths and provides the facts you need to understand that President Maduro is still the President of Venezuela, that the US-backed far-right opposition led by Maria Corinna Machado has little power within Venezuela, that the Venezuelan government and the Bolivarian Revolution remain strong and united and that gains claimed by the Trump administration are exaggerated. He also discusses what people in the US are doing to mobilize in support of President Maduro and First Lady Flores.
«12»
assetto corsa mods

Urgent End Of Year Fundraising Campaign

Online donations are back! Keep independent media alive. 

Due to the attacks on our fiscal sponsor, we were unable to raise funds online for nearly two years.  As the bills pile up, your help is needed now to cover the monthly costs of operating Popular Resistance.

Donate Here

Urgent End Of Year Fundraising Campaign

Online donations are back! 

Keep independent media alive. 

Due to the attacks on our fiscal sponsor, we were unable to raise funds online for nearly two years.  As the bills pile up, your help is needed now to cover the monthly costs of operating Popular Resistance.

Donate Here
Sign Up To Our Daily Digest

Independent media outlets are being suppressed and dropped by corporations like Google, Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for our daily email digest before it’s too late so you don’t miss the latest movement news.