Maduro dances to his own peace track while US ramps up Caribbean show of force

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro danced to a remix of his ain bid slogans astatine a pupil rally successful Caracas – the latest enactment of defiance aft his show of John Lennon’s "Imagine" portion U.S. warships patrol adjacent its coast.

Video from the National University Student Day solemnisation shows Maduro swaying to the beat, seemingly mimicking President Donald Trump’s trademark creation moves – with a noticeably looser sway.

The physics way featured Maduro’s ain phrases – recycled from speeches promoting bid and rejecting warfare – arsenic tensions with the U.S. proceed rising.

Reuters identified the remix arsenic "Peace, yes. War, no." At 1 point, the Venezuelan person punctuated the bushed with digit pistols – a playful "pew, pew" motion captured connected camera.

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President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro delivers the yearly code astatine Teatro Teresa Carreno successful Caracas, Venezuela connected Jan. 15, 2025. (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)

The clip surfaced astir a week aft Maduro sang "Imagine" astatine a rally, urging bid portion the Trump medication reinforced its subject beingness adjacent Venezuela to stem cause trafficking.

Maduro invoked Lennon arsenic helium spoke astir peace, calling the erstwhile subordinate of The Beatles a writer and instrumentalist who near a "gift to humanity."

He urged young radical to work the lyrics, describing the opus arsenic an anthem for each generation.

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores parade successful a subject conveyance during celebrations for the Independence Day, successful Caracas connected July 5, 2025.  (JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)

In the video, Maduro paused mid-speech to callback Lennon’s song, singing a fewer words earlier reflecting connected its meaning.

"What a beauteous song. The lyrics – young people, look up the lyrics," helium said, according to a translation. "It’s an inspiration for each time. It’s an anthem for each eras and generations that John Lennon near arsenic a acquisition to humanity. Long unrecorded the eternal representation of that large writer and musician, John Lennon."

As Maduro preaches peace, the U.S. has importantly accrued its subject beingness crossed the Caribbean, deploying bombers, warships and Marines arsenic portion of a run targeting drug-trafficking operations successful the region, including airstrikes connected suspected smuggling vessels.

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A U.S. subject drone onslaught ordered by President Trump destroyed a vas successful the Eastern Pacific connected Oct. 22, 2025, sidesplitting 3 suspected narco-terrorists, according to the Department of War. (Department of War)

On Monday, the State Department formally announced the Cartel de los Soles would beryllium designated arsenic a overseas violent organization.

The Cartel de los Soles, oregon "Cartel of the Suns," refers to a web of authorities and subject officials successful Venezuela engaged successful cause trafficking.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said successful a connection past week that the Cartel de los Soles and different cartels successful Venezuela were "responsible for violent unit passim our hemisphere arsenic good arsenic for trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe."

Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.