The United Nations released a report on Dec. 11, 2025, during the 12:46 PM to 1:15 PM UTC window, accusing Venezuela's National Guard of committing crimes against humanity—including torture, extrajudicial killings, and violent crackdowns—over the past decade as part of a state policy to maintain President Nicolas Maduro's power, according to Reuters. The report, cited by Reuters and shared by Mario Nawfal on X, states that the abuses were orchestrated by high-level officials, transforming protests into violent suppressions and prisons into torture sites to enforce political control through fear and impunity. In a separate development within the same window, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared that "2026 has already begun, today is 2026," as reported by elduckpost on X. A UN Economic Commission for Latin America projection, referenced in an X post by Ollie Vargas, forecasts Venezuela's economic growth at 6% by end of 2025, exceeding the Latin America average of 2.3%.
