{"id":9030,"date":"2026-01-03T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9030"},"modified":"2026-01-03T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:00:26","slug":"everything-is-silent-caracas-on-edge-in-aftermath-of-us-blitz-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9030","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Everything is silent\u2019: Caracas on edge in aftermath of US blitz | Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A<\/span>s they were jolted from their beds just before 2am on Saturday, many Caracas residents sought an innocent explanation for the racket that had interrupted their sleep: an exploding air conditioning unit, a tropical thunderstorm, an earthquake. Or perhaps a festive display of pyrotechnics over Venezuela\u2019s mountain-flanked capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it might be fireworks,\u201d Carlos Hurtado, a resident of the 23 de Enero housing estate on the city\u2019s westside, recalled of the moment he was woken by a mysterious sequence of rumblings and explosions.<\/p>\n

But as plumes of smoke rose over the country\u2019s largest city, air raid sirens rang out, and WhatsApp groups lit up with shaky cellphone videos of tangerine-coloured explosions, it became clear that the pre-dawn detonations were not the result of a natural disaster or defective appliance.<\/p>\n

After five months of intensifying US military pressure, Venezuela was under attack<\/a>, with missiles raining down on army bases, airfields and key infrastructure across the capital and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n

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Map of reported targets of US strikes on Caracas and the surrounding region<\/a><\/figure>\n

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\u201cThey are bombing La Carlota and they\u2019re bombing Fuerte Tiuna,\u201d one resident of a middle-class area called Sebuc\u00e1n warned neighbours in a six-second voice message, referring to two of the city\u2019s most important military installations. La Carlota is an airbase in the heart of Caracas; Fuerte Tiuna is a heavily fortified military complex, long believed to have been the home of Venezuela\u2019s president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Video footage captured by a group of hikers who were reportedly camping on the mountains overlooking Caracas was reminiscent of images of the\u201cshock and awe\u201d air campaign against Baghdad in March 2003.<\/p>\n

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