VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-31
“Enjoy this small gift with joy and hope. Cilia and I embrace you forever, with our souls devoted to you and with our faith in God intact,”
Nicolás Maduro · said 2026-08-30 · reported 2026-08-31
Maduro added a closing message referring to his wife Cilia, who was also flown to New York on related drug trafficking charges.
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