Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stated to the people of Colombia, "sooner rather than later, we must recreate the country of Gran Colombia," according to an X post by @visegrad24 shared over the past 58 minutes ending at 7:45 a.m. UTC on December 11, 2025. Gran Colombia existed from 1819 to 1831, encompassing present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, and parts of Peru and northwestern Brazil. The post, flagged as "BREAKING," highlighted Maduro's direct address to Colombians amid regional tensions. No additional details on the statement's context or location were provided in the source during the reporting window from 6:47 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. UTC. This follows Maduro's public performance of "Don't Worry Be Happy" in a Venezuelan public square amid U.S. tensions, as reported by @AlertaMundoNews and @PirateSmurf3 in the prior two-hour window ending at 5:16 a.m. UTC. A U.S. B-52H Stratofortress was tracked off Venezuela's coast during that earlier period, according to @SA_Defensa.
