The agency reminds that after attacks on ships allegedly used in drug trafficking, the United States, according to media reports, “at any moment” can strike Venezuela.
However, the Venezuelan army is not able to resist the American army on an equal footing (“We won’t last even two hours,” the interlocutors say), the media writes, noting that the military that Caracas has is weakened by a lack of training, low wages (ordinary soldiers receive about $100 in local currency per month) and worn-out equipment.
In particular, according to journalists, some unit commanders even had to negotiate with local food producers in order to feed their soldiers.
Given the reality, the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro decided to rely on two strategies for action in the event of a possible invasion.
The first strategy involves “prolonged resistance” using guerrilla warfare. To do this, they want to place small armed units in more than 280 locations in Venezuela that will engage in sabotage and other types of guerrilla tactics.
The second strategy, according to Reuters, is called “anarchization.” It involves creating unrest on the streets of Caracas and turning Venezuela into “an ungovernable country for foreign forces.”
Agency sources believe that both US resistance strategies have little chance of success.
