A part of the International Workers' Day march in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1, 2025. Photo: VTV.
Venezuelans celebrated International Workers’ Day with marches throughout the country, the largest of which took place in the capital, Caracas. The marchers also demanded respect for the Venezuelan migrants, who are being subjected to inhumane treatment and xenophobic violence in the United States and other countries.
The workers acknowledged the enormous effort made by the Venezuelan government to maintain the workers’ rights and living conditions in the midst of the US-led economic war and blockade against the country. They also committed themselves to continue contributing their labor force for the development of the nation.
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A central theme of the march was the condemnation of the immigration policies of the government of the United States and the illegal imprisonment of Venezuelan migrants in El Salvador. The marchers demanded the liberation of the baby Maikelys Espinoza, snatched from the hands of her mother by US immigration personnel while she boarded a flight of the Venezuelan government’s Return to the Homeland Plan.
Vice President Delcy Rodríguez also highlighted that Venezuelans have united to demand the release of the two year-old girl, Maikelys, kidnapped in the United States.
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She stated that the Venezuelan government honors all the workers of the Homeland, who with effort and dedication have taken Venezuela forward amid the criminal blockades. She also celebrated the decision of President Nicolás Maduro to increase the comprehensive minimum income of the Venezuelan people.
For his part, the vice president of Mobilization and Events of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Nahum Fernández, thanked the Venezuelan people for taking to the streets to demand the liberation of the baby Maikelys kidnapped by US authorities.
Earlier, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, expressed his gratitude to the Venezuelan working class for their “commitment and dedication in all the struggles in which they have been on the frontlines.”
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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