The first statement of "Maduro" From prison: I am fine…and America calls on its citizens to leave Venezuela

The American authorities on Saturday urged their citizens to "immediately" Considering the security situation there "unstable"While ousted President Nicolas Maduro announced from his prison in New York a week after his arrest that… "fine"

Maduro’s son quoted him in a video published by the ruling party in Venezuela on Saturday "We are fine. We are fighters"

Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, are detained in Federal Prisonin Brooklyn since they appeared before a US court on Monday, where they pleaded not guilty to the charges against them, including drug trafficking, awaiting the next hearing on March 17.

Maduro was arrested in a US Special Forces operation that was accompanied by air strikes on Caracas, killing 100 people, according to the Venezuelan authorities.

About a thousand Maduro supporters demonstrated in the streets of Caracas. Saturday, carrying signs that read: "We want them back"they chanted "Maduro and Celia are our family!"

Joselides Arroyo (36 years old) said during the demonstration "Here there are people struggling".

Calls to demonstrate daily in support of the ousted socialist leader continue since the American military operation on January 3, which led to his arrest and transfer to New York.

The mobilization was not large on Saturday in response to the daily calls to demonstrate since the American operation, and no prominent figure from the country attended. "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" The governor, to deliver speeches to the crowds.

The demonstration on Saturday coincided with the anniversary of Maduro’s inauguration for a third term, following the 2024 elections, which the opposition denounced as fraudulent.

State television broadcast the visit of acting President Delcy Rodriguez to an agricultural exhibition in the Petare neighborhood in Caracas, where a small demonstration was also organized in support of Maduro.

Rodriguez said "We will not rest for a moment until the president returns. We’ll save him, of course we will".