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Caracas.- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Monday the advance of the Christmas festivities for next October 1, amid the tension between Caracas and Washington over the US military deployment in Caribbean waters.
According to the head of state, anticipating the December holidays is a way of "defending" the "right to happiness, to joy". In that sense, he added that "nothing and no one in this world" can "take away" that possibility from the country. Likewise, Maduro pointed out that 2025 has been "a good" and "beautiful" year and one of "progress" in all areas. "From difficulties has emerged the best of us, the ability to remake ourselves and to rebuild ourselves and to make ourselves anew," he expressed. The Venezuelan president has decreed the "advancement" of Christmas on several occasions since he came to power in 2013. On September 2nd of last year, Maduro also anticipated the Christmas celebration "in homage" and "in gratitude" to Venezuelans after the presidential elections of July 28th, in which the National Electoral Council (CNE), made up of rectors aligned with Chavismo, proclaimed his victory in the elections, despite the fraud allegations of the majority opposition, which unleashed a political crisis in the country."We are going to apply the formula from other years, which has worked very well for us, for the economy, for culture, for joy, happiness, and we are going to decree that from October 1st, Christmas in Venezuela starts again, this year too," said the ruler on his weekly program 'Con Maduro +', broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV
