Christmas will start next month in Venezuela, authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro has decreed – even as thousands of Venezuelans look set to pass the holidays behind bars amid his government’s ...

In a move as bizarre as it is calculated, Nicolás Maduro has officially rescheduled Christmas in Venezuela to October 1. While most of the world is waiting until December to celebrate the holiday ...

Maduro has declared the beginning of Christmas months before four times before: in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023. The first one brought forward a ceremony that usually takes place on December 1.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared Christmas will come early this year, in October, as he faces declining popularity and domestic strife. Maduro faced the biggest challenge to his 11 ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has moved Christmas to October 1 as he looks to move attention away from his disputed election win. Maduro, 61, is set for a third six-year term despite an ...

This is not the first time that Maduro, in power since 2013, has declared the early arrival of Christmas. He did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, but never this early.

Christmas will start next month in Venezuela, authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro has decreed – even as thousands of Venezuelans look set to pass the holidays behind bars amid his government’s ...

Christmas will start next month in Venezuela, authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro has decreed – even as thousands of Venezuelans look set to pass the holidays behind bars amid his government’s ...