PHOTOS | Nicolás Maduro shares a photo from prison as a “gift of love and hope” for his family

From a cell in Brooklyn, Nicolás Maduro decided to send a message to the world. 🙏

He titled it ‘a small gift of love and hope’ for his grandchildren and for all ‘the noble people who love us.’ Alongside his wife Cilia Flores, he wrote that he hugs them ‘forever.’

Everything was very tender, until the media checked the actual date of those photographs: they were taken on June 25, 2026, more than two months before he published them on August 30, the date on which he was able to publish them.

Maduro has been detained since January 3, 2026, after being captured in a military operation in Caracas, and is now awaiting trial in New York, accused of narco-terrorism, importing illicit substances, and possessing weapons of war. He pleaded not guilty to all four charges.

Como dice el apóstol Pablo: “Pero en todo esto obtenemos una amplia victoria, gracias a aquel que nos amó” (Rom 8,37). Seguiremos fuertes, serenos y confiados: Dios está con nosotros. Dios proveerá. Venezuela renacerá.

Bendiciones.

— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 30, 2026

Cilia Flores faces similar charges.

Pequeño regalo de amor y esperanza

Envío estas fotos como un pequeño regalo a todos mis nietos y nietas, a los niños y niñas, y a toda la gente noble que nos ama. pic.twitter.com/Z6u3130arn

— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 30, 2026

Meanwhile, from the Metropolitan Detention Center, someone decided that a memory from 66 days ago could pass as a spontaneous gesture of hope. Why are they allowed to make this type of post?

Quiero que sepan que estamos firmes, con el corazón lleno del amor de ustedes, ese amor que nos llega convertido en oración, en acción permanente, en solidaridad y en apoyo verdadero. Gracias infinitas por cada palabra, por cada gesto, por cada bendición. pic.twitter.com/8YstzkBakf

— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 30, 2026