Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stated to his people between 12:16 a.m. and 12:45 a.m. UTC on December 30 that his monthly presidential salary is two petros, approximately $400, during a public address, according to an X post by @EmmaRincon shared in the 29-minute reporting window. Maduro said, "I have only one savings account, where they deposit my presidential salary, and I can barely see it. I earn two petros, but I don't even see that, because when I go to take it out, Cilita has already grabbed it to buy something," as translated from Spanish in the @EmmaRincon post. This disclosure follows a similar report earlier on December 30 from X user @puzkas citing Maduro's salary as two petros at approximately $120 per the BCV rate, amid US actions including President Donald Trump's confirmed strikes on Venezuelan drug facilities and a State Department $50 million reward for Maduro, as detailed in prior coverage. Separately, X user @HHunternight posted during the window about a ZSU-DCC KENNEL STNR altitude reservation between FL200 and FL260 scheduled for December 30 from 02:00-04:00 and 12:00-14:00 UTC, with repeats on December 31 and January 1, 2026.
