Supporters of chavismo were called to gather in all the Bolívar squares throughout Venezuela to write letters of support to Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores. This initiative was promoted by the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and amplified by official media as a demonstration of popular backing following his capture and transfer to New York.
The channel teleSUR shared a video on its X account featuring a group of people writing letters addressed to Maduro and his wife, underneath a tent with folk music playing in the background.
The initiative was presented as a spontaneous expression of support, although it responds to a party call that has been replicated in several cities across the country.
State-run media and those aligned with the Government asserted that the event is part of the campaign "I Want Them Back," which was launched 15 days after the president's capture during a U.S. military operation in Caracas on January 3rd.
Local authorities, such as the head of Government of the Capital District, Nahum Fernández, and the mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez, toured the square and assured that the event will continue throughout the month, reported La Radio del Sur.
According to the official version, the letters aim to send "messages of hope" and reaffirm "love for the Bolivarian Revolution."
Testimonies broadcast by the chavista press speak of a permanent vigil and ongoing mobilization to demand the return of the president and his wife, whom the government describes as "kidnapped" by Washington.
The scene contrasts with the judicial context in New York, where Maduro appeared before a federal court and pleaded not guilty to the charges he faces related to drug trafficking.
At the close, the PSUV reported that the collection of letters has been extended until Sunday and that the activity will continue in various plazas across the country, as part of a campaign aimed at sustaining the narrative of internal support amid the legal proceedings that have Maduro in custody in the United States.
For chavismo, the scene of adults writing political love letters in public squares aims to convey a sense of epic grandeur and popular support; for a significant portion of Venezuelans, both inside and outside the country, it serves as confirmation of a regime anchored in propaganda rituals that border on caricature.
The staging does not seek to convince; it aims to occupy symbolic space and simulate normality.
The underlying problem is not the ridiculousness, which is already evident, but the political void that these performances attempt to fill.
When a power needs to organize acts of written devotion to demonstrate support, it is because real legitimacy no longer circulates freely, but under a tent, slogan, and official camera.
While in New York Maduro is facing a legal process with tangible consequences, in Caracas the propaganda machine continues to operate as if time were frozen in another decade.
The gap between the internal epic narrative and external reality does not close with letters; it widens. And each act of forced "revolutionary love" does not strengthen the regime; it exposes it.
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