The Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, demanded this Saturday morning (03) proof of the lives of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, whose whereabouts are unknown after the United States attacks. 
Rodriguez denounced the US military bombing of the capital and the states of Aragua, Miranda and La Guaira, which resulted in the deaths of civilians.
According to the vice president, President Maduro had already warned the population about a possible attack of this nature, which would affect civilians in different parts of the country. In response to the situation, national defense was activated following the president’s instructions.
“The Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), the Venezuelan people organized into militias and citizen security agencies, in perfect police, military and civic-military integration, received instructions to defend the homeland,” said Rodriguez.
The vice president emphasized that no one will violate Simón Bolívar’s historical legacy or Venezuela’s right to independence, its future and to be a free nation, without external guardianship. “We will never be slaves. We are sons and daughters of Bolívar.”
Rodriguez recalled that Venezuela has consistently characterized these maneuvers as part of a strategy to destabilize the region and undermine its national sovereignty, denouncing what it considers an attempt at armed intervention to impose a regime change favorable to imperialist interests.
The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity (REDH) and organizations such as the Response Coalition condemned what they call a “crime against peace” and a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, calling for international solidarity and global mobilization against what they consider a colonial war for Venezuelan oil.
