STORY: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro welcomed a march celebrating Student Day at the Miraflores presidential palace on Friday (November 21), calling on young people in his country to connect with student movements in the United States to fight the threats of war targeting his country.

Maduro danced to a musical remix of his own words during the event, amid heightened tensions between Caracas and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump following a recent U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean.

Maduro has repeatedly accused Washington of seeking to overthrow him, while the United States has tightened sanctions and increased its military presence in the region. Next Monday (November 24), the United States will officially designate the Cartel de los Soles—a drug trafficking network whose existence is unproven and which Washington alleges is led by Maduro and the Venezuelan military—as a foreign terrorist organization. -

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SHOWS: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (NOVEMBER 21, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, NICOLAS MADURO ON STAGE DANCING TO THE SONG “NO WAR, YES PEACE”

2. VARIOUS OF MADURO GREETING PEOPLE

3. MADURO SPEAKING

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, NICOLAS MADURO, SAYING:

“Students of the United States, listen to me, the people in the United States they listen to me, dialogue yes, peace yes, respect yes, war, students, students listen to me, war, war no, never never war”

5. MADURO SPEAKING

6. PEOPLE CLAPPING

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, NICOLAS MADURO, SAYING:

“The second mission I give to the Venezuelan student peace brigades is to connect with the student movements and the students of the United States of America. Tell them "stop the war, no to war, Venezuela wants peace." Unite the student movement of all the universities of the United States with the Venezuelan student movement in one voice to say war no, no war, yes peace.”

8. MADURO SPEAKING

9. MADURO HUGGING CHILDREN

10. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CHEERING

11. MADURO DANCING WITH FIRST LADY CILIA FLORES

12. VARIOUS OF MADURO GREETING PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE EVENT

13. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING TO CELEBRATE STUDENT DAY