Maduro asks not to accept electronic equipment as Christmas gifts; you will be surprised why
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has warned his officials and supporters that explosions like those in the Middle Eastern country could happen.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday recommended members of his government and supporters not to accept electronic equipment as Christmas gifts , in response to the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon that left dozens dead.
“Do not accept electronic gifts (…) be careful with telephones, cell phones, be careful everyone,” said the president during an event in Caracas broadcast on mandatory radio and television.
Maduro, who “decreed” the beginning of Christmas on October 1 , also asked that “in all ministries, institutes and state companies” priority be given to the purchase of “handicrafts and toys made in Venezuela” for the exchange of gifts during “Venezuelan Christmas.”
His request comes amid a political crisis triggered by his re-election for a third consecutive six-year term (2025-2031) that the opposition calls fraudulent , claiming the victory of its candidate, former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia , who has been in asylum in Spain since September 8.
Israel attacks Hezbollah
Two waves of beeper and walkie-talkie blasts between Tuesday and Wednesday killed 37 people and wounded some 3,000 others in a bid to target members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk recalled on Friday that international law “prohibits” the use of “explosive” devices that appear to be “harmless” objects and considered it “a war crime to commit acts of violence intended to spread terror among the civilian population.”