"Struggle against imperialism": Venezuela is preparing for war with the United States (video)
" The exacerbation of the situation happened after the United States doubled the reward for information that would lead to the arrest of Nicholas Maduro, and increased the number of ships stationed by the coast of Venezuela, China has already been stated in defense, SL Guardian writes. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has announced at the beginning of the week to accommodate 4. 5 million militias all over the country, assuring that "they are well prepared.
" The US Government has confirmed that it has ordered the transfer of naval forces to the region to restrain the threat from drug cartels. On August 18, it became known that three destroyers of the US Navy and about 4,000 servicemen will arrive at the Venezuela territorial waters by the end of this week. However, the next day, a representative of the US Department of Defense stated that there were no US ships in the area now, and they did not get ordered to go there.
The length of the coastline of Venezuela is almost 4000 km. But Maduro stated that "strange and meaningless" US threats are "rotten sungling" without specifying what he means. "We protect our seas, our sky and our lands. We have liberated them. We protect them and patrol them. No empire will affect the sacred land of Venezuela, as it should not affect the sacred land of South America," he stressed in his speech.
The White House spokesman Caroline Libitt was asked about the possible deployment of troops in Venezuela after reporting on military capacity. "President Donald Trump acted very clearly and consistently. He is ready to use all the resources available in America to stop the flow of drugs into our country and bring the perpetrators responsible," she said. She also confirmed the US government's position that Maduro is not "legitimate president.
" Washington and Karakas do not have official bilateral diplomatic relations since 2019. Maduro rejected Washington's accusations of drug trafficking, stating in his statement that the United States would resort to "threats and slander". And he promised to intensify the mobilization of workers and peasants in the people's police. "Rockets and rifles for the working class to protect our homeland," he said after a meeting with China Ambassador to Karakas.
The official Beijing has already stated that he condemned the US military presence near Venezuela in the background of Maduro's Maduro's mobilization. Foreign Ministry Representative MAO Nin Nin called the US to take steps that contribute to peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean, rejecting "the interference of external forces in the internal affairs of Venezuela under any reason.