Maduro's son gives 'unconditional support' to newly sworn in interim Venezuela president

Nicolás Maduro Guerra, nan boy of captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, has pledged his "unconditional support" to nan recently sworn-in interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, who served arsenic his father's vice president.

"My unconditional support for nan very difficult task you've been given," Maduro Guerra, often called "Nicolasito," said, according to nan Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). "Count connected me, count connected my family, count connected our firmness successful taking nan correct steps astatine nan forefront of this work that is now yours."

Maduro Guerra made nan remarks during his first nationalist quality since his begetter and stepmother, Cilia Flores, were captured by U.S. forces and extradited to New York. The ousted Venezuelan president’s son, who is himself a legislator, joined different ruling-party lawmakers for a planned swearing-in ceremonial of nan National Assembly for a word that will past until 2031, The Associated Press reported.

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Nicolás Maduro Guerra, boy of ousted President Nicolás Maduro, speaks to demonstrators connected nan time Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was formally sworn successful arsenic Venezuela's interim president successful Caracas, Venezuela, connected Jan. 5, 2026.  (Maxwell Briceno/Reuters)

Maduro Guerra condemned nan U.S. action, calling it a "kidnapping" and saying that "no state is safe."

"If we normalize nan kidnapping of a caput of state, nary state is safe. Today, it's Venezuela. Tomorrow, it could beryllium immoderate federation that refuses to submit," Maduro Guerra said, according to nan CBC. "This is not a location problem. It is simply a nonstop threat to world governmental stability."

Rodríguez, who was sworn-in connected Monday, has served arsenic vice president since 2018. Despite her objection to nan U.S. subject action that led to her erstwhile boss' arrest, Rodríguez has vowed to activity pinch nan Trump administration.

"I travel pinch sorrow for nan suffering inflicted upon nan Venezuelan group pursuing an illegitimate subject aggression against our homeland," Rodríguez said, according to nan AP.

At nan opening convention of nan National Assembly's caller legislative term, Delcy Rodríguez is sworn successful arsenic acting president of Venezuela, pledging loyalty to Nicolás Maduro and to Hugo Chávez successful Caracas connected Jan. 5, 2026.  (Venezuelan National Assembly/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Maduro and Flores were captured by U.S. forces early Saturday greeting astatine their location successful Caracas, Venezuela. The Trump management announced nan cognition connected Saturday aft successful "large-scale" subject strikes targeting nan Venezuelan government. The dictator and his woman are now being held successful New York while they hold to look narco-terrorism charges against them. The historical move attracted praise and backlash crossed nan globe, pinch immoderate questioning nan legality of nan operation.

China and Russia were among powers that condemned nan U.S. cognition successful Venezuela, while immoderate location allies, including Argentina, applauded nan move.

Venezuelan guidance leader Maria Corina Machado — who won nan Nobel Peace Prize successful 2025 for her conflict for state successful Venezuela — praised nan operation, saying Jan. 3 will spell down arsenic a "day that justness defeated tyranny."

"It's a milestone, and it's not only immense for nan Venezuelan group and our future, I deliberation it's a immense measurement for humanity, for freedom, and quality dignity," Machado said during an quality connected "Hannity."

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures during an anti-government protestation connected Jan. 9, 2025, successful Caracas, Venezuela (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)

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"A free Venezuela means, first, a information ally, dismantling nan criminal hub of nan Americas and turning it into a information shield, nan strongest state to dismantle each these criminal structures that person made truthful overmuch harm and harm to our group and to nan American group arsenic well," she said. "Secondly, we will move Venezuela into nan power hub of nan Americas. We will bring norm of law. We will unfastened markets. We will springiness information to overseas investment. Third, we'll bring millions of Venezuelans that person been forced to fly their state backmost home, to build a beardown nation, prosperous nation, unfastened society," Machado added.

Machado, who has spent much than a twelvemonth successful hiding, has vowed to return to Venezuela.

Fox News Digital's Maria Lencki and The Associated Press contributed to this report.