Maduro sings John Lennon's 'Imagine' at rally as US warships patrol Venezuelan waters

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro broke into opus during a rally Saturday, singing John Lennon’s "Imagine" and calling for bid arsenic the Trump medication bolsters a subject beingness disconnected Venezuela’s seashore successful what it says is an effort to curb cause trafficking.

According to The Associated Press, Maduro invoked Lennon arsenic helium spoke astir peace, calling the erstwhile subordinate of The Beatles a writer and instrumentalist who near a "gift to humanity." He urged young radical to work the lyrics, describing the opus arsenic an anthem for each generation.

In the video, Maduro paused mid-speech to callback Lennon’s song, singing a fewer words earlier reflecting connected its meaning.

"What a beauteous song. The lyrics—young people, look up the lyrics," helium said, according to a translation. "It’s an inspiration for each time. It’s an anthem for each eras and generations that John Lennon near arsenic a acquisition to humanity. Long unrecorded the eternal representation of that large writer and musician, John Lennon."

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sings John Lennon’s "Imagine" during a rally successful Caracas connected Nov. 15, 2025, calling for bid amid rising U.S. subject pressure. (The Associated Press)

Maduro’s entreaty for bid came arsenic tensions with Washington escalate, with U.S. warships patrolling Caribbean waters adjacent Venezuela.

The Trump medication says the cognition is portion of a broader effort to combat cause trafficking, portion Maduro has denounced it arsenic aggression meant to weaken his government.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the nation’s astir precocious craft carrier, entered the Caribbean Sea connected Sunday, the AP reported.

VENEZUELA MOBILIZES TROOPS, WEAPONS IN RESPONSE TO US WARSHIP BUILDUP IN CARIBBEAN

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro spoke astir bid during the lawsuit successful Caracas connected Nov. 15, 2025.  (The Associated Press)

The Pentagon said past period the carrier’s arrival, with much than 4,000 sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft, would "bolster U.S. capableness to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities." It added that the ngo aims to "degrade and dismantle transnational transgression organizations."

Venezuela has besides deployed troops and begun amassing weapons and instrumentality successful effect to the Trump administration’s deployment of U.S. warships successful the Caribbean.

The buildup, which the authorities calls "prolonged resistance," involves tiny units astatine much than 280 sites carrying retired sabotage and guerrilla tactics, according to sources and several-year-old readying documents reviewed by Reuters.

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Sailors aboard the world's largest craft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), motorboat a Carrier Air Wing 8 F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 31 from the formation deck, Sept. 26, 2025.  (Mariano Lopez)

Maduro has accused the Trump medication of trying to oust him and pledged that Venezuelans volition support their state from what helium calls U.S. aggression.

Meanwhile, the medication has ordered strikes targeting suspected drug-running vessels successful the Caribbean to stem the travel of narcotics into the United States.

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President Donald Trump has adjacent floated the anticipation of crushed operations successful Venezuela, saying "the onshore is going to beryllium next."

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.