"Social movements and collectives rallied in front of the National Pantheon in Caracas on Saturday to demand the release of now former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, captured by US forces earlier in January. Footage shows demonstrators carrying out an oath-taking ceremony as they pledge to defend peace and fight to secure the release of Maduro and Flores. Participants can also be seen listening to speeches, applauding them and dancing. Hector Rodriguez, Secretary of Social Movements of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), led the event and proposed a sustained mobilisation agenda ahead of Maduro's next court hearing. "In 60 days, there will be the next court hearing of President Nicolas Maduro and comrade Cilia Flores. We have discussed with the national teams of the social movements an intense agenda of agitation and mobilisation for the next 60 days," he stated, calling for the unity of social movements to 'open the path' to building 'the country we dream of'. "Every day we are going to carry out marches, wherever there are groups. Not only here in Caracas, but all over the world," asserted an attendee. Another claimed, "We remain in the streets and will continue to be in the streets to raise our voices and tell the peoples of the world that Venezuela remains standing in struggle, that Venezuela will continue defending its independence and its sovereignty." Maduro and his wife, accused of narco-terrorism by the United States, were captured on January 3 in an operation led by US forces, which involved attacks in Caracas and three states near the capital.  As a result of the operation, 83 people were killed and more than 100 injured, according to Venezuela's Defence Minister, Vladimir Padrino. "