Here's proof that it wasn't just military targets that were attacked. Video of a missile impact on the home of Elena Berti Cupello, a 78-year-old woman, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Aquí la prueba de que no solo se atacó a puntos militares. Video de un impacto de misil en la casa de la señora Elena Berti Cupello, una mujer de 78 años, en Caracas, Venezuela.

Following an explosion and bombing in Venezuela, a video revealed how the backyard of 78-year-old Elena Berti suffered severe damage, extending approximately 10 meters from the base of the structure and 25 meters from the main window. https://ebx.sh/GiK7Cq

Tras explosión y bombardeo en Venezuela, un VIDEO reveló cómo en el patio trasero de la vivienda de Elena Berti de 78 años de edad causó graves destrozos y daños a unos 10 metros de la base de la estructura y a 25 metros de la ventana principal https://ebx.sh/GiK7Cq

Following an explosion and bombing in Venezuela, a video revealed how the backyard of 78-year-old Elena Berti suffered severe damage, extending approximately 10 meters from the base of the structure and 25 meters from the main window. https://ebx.sh/eXDSl5

Tras explosión y bombardeo en Venezuela, un VIDEO reveló cómo en el patio trasero de la vivienda de Elena Berti de 78 años de edad causó graves destrozos y daños a unos 10 metros de la base de la estructura y a 25 metros de la ventana principal https://ebx.sh/eXDSl5

"Surgical Extraction" For those who wish and are able to help: Mrs. Elena Berti, 78 years old, who lives off the rent from an annex to her house, miraculously survived the bombings in Caracas, but her house suffered significant damage that she cannot afford to repair. Her grandson started a campaign to help her with the reconstruction: http://gofund.me/3158a3fef

"Extracción quirúrgica" Para quienes quieran y puedan apoyar: La señora Elena Berti, de 78 años de edad y que vive de la renta de un anexo de su casa, sobrevivió milagrosamente a los bombardeos en Caracas, pero su casa sufrió daños importantes que no puede cubrir. Su nieto abrió una campaña para ayudarla con la reconstrucción: http://gofund.me/3158a3fef

A security camera captured the moment a U.S. missile severely damaged the home of 78-year-old Elena Berti Cupello in Oripoto, El Haltillo, Caracas. Juan Imery, Berti Cupello's grandson, recounted that his grandmother survived.

Una cámara captó el momento en que un proyectil estadounidense daño severamente la vivienda de Elena Berti Cupello, una mujer de 78 años, en Oripoto, El Haltillo, Caracas. Juan Imery, nieto de Berti Cupello, relató que su abuela logró sobrevivir

English - (Español Mas Abajo) My name is Juan Imery, and I am raising funds for my grandmother, Elena Berti Cupello, who will turn 78 years old just two days after a devastating explosion destroyed her home in Caracas. Elena is a single mother who raised her two daughters, Patricia and Alexandra, entirely on her own. Through years of hard work as a cook and baker, she put both of them through school, always with generosity, warmth, and an open heart. Our home was never just a house; it was a refuge. Friends of her daughters were always welcome, weekends were filled with food and laughter, and love was something everyone felt the moment they walked through the door. The greatest joy of her life came later, with her four grandchildren: Juan, José, Andrés, and Alejandro. That house became the setting of countless memories: pajama parties, shared meals, games, laughter, and the kind of moments that define a family forever. As Elena grew older, health issues (especially high blood pressure) forced her to retire. With no pension, she depended on renting a small annex attached to her home, which provided just enough income for her to live modestly and independently. On January 3rd, 2026, everything changed. During a military engagement in Caracas, an explosion occurred in her backyard, just 10 meters from the base of her home and 25 meters from her living room window. By circumstances we still struggle to understand, Elena survived, but her home did not. The house she lived in for over 50 years suffered severe damage. All windows were shattered, furniture destroyed, and both the main house and the annex were left uninhabitable. Structural damage is still being assessed, but what is certain is that her only source of income is gone, and she does not have the financial means to rebuild or replace what was lost. Elena is an innocent civilian, caught in circumstances completely beyond her control. Today, she needs help, not for luxury, but for dignity, safety, and the chance to live her remaining years in a secure home. Spanish Mi nombre es Juan Imery, y estoy recaudando fondos para mi abuela, Elena Berti Cupello, quien cumplirá 78 años apenas dos días después de que una devastadora explosión destruyera su casa en Caracas. Elena es madre soltera y crió a sus dos hijas, Patricia y Alexandra, completamente por su cuenta. Durante años trabajó como cocinera y repostera, y gracias a ese esfuerzo logró sacarlas adelante con generosidad, calidez y un corazón siempre abierto. Nuestra casa nunca fue solo una vivienda; fue un refugio. Las puertas siempre estuvieron abiertas para los amigos de sus hijas, los fines de semana estaban llenos de comida y risas, y el amor se sentía desde el primer momento en que alguien cruzaba la puerta. La mayor alegría de su vida llegó más tarde, con sus cuatro nietos: Juan, José, Andrés y Alejandro. Esa casa fue el escenario de recuerdos inolvidables: pijamadas, comidas compartidas, juegos, risas y momentos que marcaron para siempre a nuestra familia. Con el paso de los años, los problemas de salud (especialmente la hipertensión) la obligaron a retirarse. Sin pensión, Elena subsistía alquilando un pequeño anexo de su vivienda, lo que le permitía vivir de manera modesta pero independiente. El 3 de Enero de 2026, todo cambió. Durante un enfrentamiento militar en Caracas, una explosión ocurrió en el patio trasero de su casa, a solo 10 metros de la base de la estructura y 25 metros de la ventana de su sala. Por razones que aún no logramos comprender, Elena sobrevivió, pero su hogar no. La casa en la que vivió durante más de 50 años sufrió graves daños: todas las ventanas fueron destruidas, los muebles quedaron inutilizados y tanto la vivienda principal como el anexo quedaron inhabitables. Aunque los daños estructurales aún están siendo evaluados, lo cierto es que su única fuente de ingresos desapareció, y no cuenta con los recursos necesarios para reconstruir ni reemplazar lo perdido. Elena es una civil inocente, atrapada en circunstancias completamente fuera de su control. Hoy necesita ayuda, no por lujo, sino por dignidad, seguridad y la oportunidad de vivir sus años restantes en un hogar seguro.

A friend's grandmother was asleep when a missile hit her house, completely destroying it. It's very close to where I live. There's a campaign to help with the rebuilding costs: https://gofund.me/3158a3fef

La abuela de un amigo dormía cuando un misil cayó en su casa, que quedó completamente destruida. Es muy cerca de donde vivo. Hay una campaña para ayudarla con los gastos de reconstrucción: https://gofund.me/3158a3fef

January 3, 2026, will forever be etched in history as a painful day for all Venezuelans. In the early morning hours, an object struck the El Volcán area, and while the tragedy affected many, the home of Mrs. Elena Berti in La Boyera suffered one of the most severe damages and significant losses. Elena is 78 years old. She dedicated her entire life to raising her two daughters, Patricia and Alexandra, on her own, working tirelessly as a cook and baker. Her home was never just a house; it was a refuge filled with warmth, food, and open doors for anyone in need. Today, that refuge is in danger after the shockwave and the resulting structural damage. In this video, I show you the reality of what happened: I was able to touch the remnants of the projectile and see firsthand the magnitude of the impact that has left this elderly woman in a situation of extreme vulnerability. • Location: La Boyera Please share this video. Not only to report what happened on January 3rd, but also to ensure that help reaches Mrs. Elena in time. Any contribution, no matter how small, offers hope for rebuilding a life of hard work.

CARACAS — In the wooded neighborhood of La Boyera, at the feet of a mountain known as “the volcano,” Elena Berti was sleeping deeply early Saturday when everything began shaking so violently that the head of her bed frame toppled down on her. Berti, 78, recalled rising from her bed, rosary beads in hand, and looking outside at a scene that seem incomprehensible: The woods beyond her back patio were on fire. In its assault on the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, the U.S. military said it strategically bombed several radar installations and radio transmission towers to blind government forces as it closed in on President Nicolás Maduro. It also appeared to strike this residential neighborhood, seen as an oasis in this chaotic city, leaving residents bewildered and afraid. “I never imagined something like this could happen inside my home,” Berti said. “I don’t have anything to do with politics or the military.” “This is anguish,” she continued, sighing: “It’s always something living here.” The Pentagon and The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strike in La Boyera. In recent years, as Venezuela went bankrupt, millions fled the country, inflation soared and Maduro strengthened his authoritarian grip on power — claiming victory after the 2024 presidential election despite tallies showing he lost — life in the capital has been marked by hardship. Now, in the aftermath of the U.S. strikes and the capture of Maduro, Venezuelans are struggling to understand what just happened, and what might come next. The earthquake has apparently come and gone: Maduro is in jail in New York, awaiting trial on narco-terrorism charges, and his vice president Delcy Rodríguez has taken over, vowing continuity. But everyone seems to be bracing for aftershocks. “There’s so much confusion,” said commercial salesman Ronald Figuera, 44, who lives less than a mile from where Maduro was apprehended on a Venezuelan military base in southern Caracas. “It was so fast. We don’t know anything about anything.” His dread and uncertainty is shared by many across the Western Hemisphere, where government officials and political analysts alike were taken aback by the sight of Maduro — until Friday, Venezuela’s most powerful man — as a blindfolded detainee in American custody. For years, Washington has made it clear that it viewed the Latin American strongman as illegitimate and wanted him gone. But the stated rationale for his removal has changed over time. In 2019, when the first Trump administration backed then-National Assembly President Juan Guaído’s bid to replace Maduro as head of state, it was ostensibly about the preservation of democracy. Maduro had been declared the victor of the May 2018 presidential election, but the flawed vote was rejected by the Venezuelan opposition and much of the international community. Ultimately, Guaidó fled the country and the United States began building a legal case. In March 2020, U.S. federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida filed charges against Maduro, accusing him and other government figures of heading a large drug-trafficking network, the Cartel de los Soles, “to flood the United States with cocaine.” Maduro’s alleged role in the drug trade was invoked by the Trump administration last year as it began launching deadly strikes against suspected drug-trafficking speedboats off the Venezuelan coast, and was cited by U.S. officials this weekend as the primary justification for his abduction by American Special Forces. But in Trump’s remarks to the nation Saturday, he repeatedly brought up another factor: Venezuela’s oil. American energy companies, Trump said, are poised to go in, invest billions of dollars and assume control of the nation’s vast reserves. “They stole our oil,” Trump charged, apparently referring to the nationalization of Venezuela’s oil industry in the 1970s and later efforts to tighten state control. “We built that whole industry there. And they just took it over like we were nothing … So we did something about it.” Describing the successful military operation Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced another overarching reason. Trump, he said, was “deadly serious about reestablishing American deterrent and dominance in the Western hemisphere.” In November, the White House published what it called a “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine — a historic document asserting America’s hemispheric dominance — that promised to “restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.” Carolina Jiménez Sandoval, the Venezuelan president of the Washington Office on Latin America, said she could only make sense of Saturday’s stunning events in the context of this new document. “The idea that you can take the most powerful man in the country and then see him surrendered to U.S. troops sends a very powerful message across Latin America that the U.S. is willing to go through with its threats,” she said. “They’re not saying they’re going to work through alliances; they’re saying they're going to impose their will through any means, including military power.” Trump, she noted, didn’t mention Venezuelan democracy once in his speech Saturday and the White House hasn’t signaled that it wishes to replace Maduro with either Edmundo González Urrutia, the apparent winner of the 2024 election, or María Corina Machado, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and leader of the country’s opposition movement. “The lack of a clear objective is what has so many of concerned,” she said. Renata Segura, director of the Latin America and the Caribbean program at the International Crisis Group, said she was particularly worried about what could befall Venezuela if various factions begin vying for power. Dozens of men carrying rifles were seen rumbling through Caracas on motorcycles Sunday, members of a pro-government gang known as a colectivo. “It’s very clear they have not really thought through what could happen next after removing Maduro,” Segura said. “And that’s very disturbing.” By midday Sunday, people in the capital were beginning to head out to the shops again. They lined up to buy food, water. More businesses were open than on Saturday, though owners were careful not to allow too many people inside. Others went to church to pray — for peace, stability and, perhaps, for answers. “It’s still the same people in power,” Figuera said. “Everyone here is waiting to see what happens next.” A police officer, who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because he was a member of the state security forces, said as soon as heard the first bombs he knew Maduro’s time in power had come to a close. But he’d felt few moments of certainty since. How long would Rodríguez hold on as president? He had no idea. “She has no real power,” he said. It was the Americans, the “gringos,” he said, who were now in control. “If anyone does anything against the gringos,” he said, “they will face the same fate as Maduro.”