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Venezuela's Maduro launched 2025 Christmas early with a fireworks show at the repressive Helicoide, drawing criticism for using a torture site for propaganda.
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.
The event, part of a long-standing practice since 2013, marks the early start of holiday festivities and includes state-organized events and propaganda.
The Helicoide, long documented for human rights abuses, remains a site of political repression.
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.
Maduro de Venezuela lanzó la Navidad de 2025 temprano con un espectáculo de fuegos artificiales en el represivo Helicoide, atrayendo críticas por usar un sitio de tortura para propaganda.