On Sunday, AFP reported that Nicolas Maduro, the deposed president of Venezuela, captured on January 3 by the American army, published previously unpublished photos of himself in a gray tracksuit from his New York prison.
In the two photos released, Maduro is wearing a gray tracksuit and making the “V” for victory with his fingers. He appears to have lost a lot of weight since his capture. The photographs date, according to the camera’s timestamp, from June 25.
“I want you to know that we are holding on, our hearts filled with your love. We will remain strong, serene and confident: God is with us. God will provide. Venezuela will be reborn,” he wrote on Telegram.
The “New York Post” then focused on a detail visible in one of the two photos of the detainee: his watch. And to illustrate the fall of the former strong man of his country: “Nicolas Maduro exchanges a Swiss watch at 40,000 $ for a Casio at 40 $.”
The daily has in fact found that the obviously visible watch is available at the store for inmates at Brooklyn prison. It’s a Casio G-Shock, priced at $40.30.
The 40,000 $? It is explained that Nicolas Maduro really liked to display himself with luxury Swiss watches, particularly from Hublot. In December 2024, he was photographed with a limited edition worth some $85,000.
For the amount of 40,000 $, the daily refers to the estimated price of another watch, also signed Hublot. During a summit of ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America), in 2024, Maduro held it up in front of photographers and cameramen, claiming that it had been given to him by Maradona. In any case, it was indeed a Hublot Big Bang King Power Maradona, dedicated to the “God” of Argentine football.
We don’t know what happened to her.
The trial filed in the United States against Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores will begin on June 1, 2027, a federal court in New York announced at the end of July.
