Motorcyclists perform acrobatics on their motorcycles, during the 1st Great Meeting of MotoPiruetas 2025, in the neighborhood of Petare, in Caracas, Venezuela on February 09, 2025. This questioned practice was declared as a new "National Sport" by President Nicolas Maduro, despite strong criticism from Venezuelans for this type of motorcycle stunts. (Photo by Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Venezuelan migrants arrive on a deportation flight from the U.S. at the Simon Bolivar International airport in Maiquetia, La Guaira State, Venezuela on February 10, 2025. (Photo by Gaby Oraa/Reuters)





Young people play with foam during a march to commemorate Youth Day in Caracas, Venezuela, 12 February 2025. The president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN, Parliament), Chavista Jorge Rodriguez, invited, before hundreds of followers who commemorated Youth Day, all young migrants to return to the country so that they can “build a prosperous homeland”. (Photo by Ronald Pena R./EPA)





People play with foam during a government rally to mark Youth Day in Caracas, Venezuela on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Gaby Oraa/Reuters)





Brides stand in line as they arrive for a mass wedding ceremony at Altamira square on Valentine's Day, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, February 14, 2025. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Thursday, February 20, 2025. (Photo by Cristian Hernandez/AP Photo)





Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Thursday, February 20, 2025. (Photo by Cristian Hernandez/AP Photo)





Venezuelan migrants arriving from Mexico deplane at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Thursday, March 20, 2025, after abandoning hopes of reaching the U.S. due to President Trump's crackdown on migration. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A musician performs during a concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the national system of children and youth orchestras of Venezuela in Caracas, February 23, 2025. (Photo by Pedro Mattey/AFP Photo)





Youth raise their instruments during a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Venezuela's national system of children and youth orchestras in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, February 23, 2025. (Photo by Cristian Hernandez/AP Photo)





A woman embraces a statue of José Gregorio Hernandez, the physician known as the “doctor of the poor”, in Valencia, Venezuela, Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Pope Francis on Tuesday approved a decree to canonize Hernandez, making him Venezuela's first saint. (Photo by Jacinto Oliveros/AP Photo)





Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through their plane windows as they arrive at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Venezuelan migrants arrive on a flight after being deported from the United States, in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 24, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





People holding photos of their relatives, who were deported from the U.S. and transferred to a prison in El Salvador after the U.S. alleged they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang, cry and pray outside of the Salvadoran embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A man cries at a demonstration against the detention of political prisoners, in Caracas, Venezuela, 14 April 2025. Dozens of relatives of those considered political prisoners in Venezuela gathered in Caracas to pray at the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week and to pray for the release of their loved ones, most of whom were detained in the context of the crisis following last July's elections in the country. (Photo by Miguel Gutiérrez/EPA/EFE)





An amateur actor portraying Jesus Christ performs during the reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during the Good Friday procession in the neighbourhood of Petare, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





People participate in the procession of Jesus of Mercy in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 27 April 2025. Hundreds of people walked 8 kilometers during a procession as they carried the image of Jesus of Mercy through the streets of Maracaibo. (Photo by Henry Chirinos/EPA)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro participate in May Day celebrations in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





The silhouettes of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, are projected during the inauguration of a monument marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.. (Photo by Cristian Hernandez/AP Photo)





Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro carries two-year-old Maikelys Espinoza Bernal, who remained in the U.S. following the deportation of her parents and was reunited with her mother yesterday, in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)