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flag Venezuela's Maduro launched 2025 Christmas early with a fireworks show at the repressive Helicoide, drawing criticism for using a torture site for propaganda.

flag Venezuela's government, under President Nicolás Maduro, launched its mandatory 2025 Christmas season on October 1 with a fireworks display at the Helicoide in Caracas, a former shopping mall now used as a detention and torture center by the regime. flag The event, part of a long-standing practice since 2013, marks the early start of holiday festivities and includes state-organized events and propaganda. flag The Helicoide, long documented for human rights abuses, remains a site of political repression. flag Maduro promoted the move as a celebration of national unity and resilience, while critics condemned the symbolic use of a site linked to suffering and detention.

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