The President of Venezuela rejects the idea of an American invasion: “There is no chance to enter”
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro said on Thursday that his country is ready to defend his sovereignty, in response to five American war vessels in the Caribbean.
The President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Photo: Profimedia
“There is no chance of entering Venezuela ”said President Nicolas Maduro, emphasizing that the nation is ready to defend “Peacesovereignty and territorial integrity ”. His statement is coming After Washington sent five war vessels to the Caribbean to combat international drug trafficking, Agerpres reports.
The leader from Caracas added: “Without sanctions, without blockade, without psychological war, without siege. Have not succeeded and will not succeed ”. The statements were made in front of the armed forces, in the context in which Maduro denounces an attempt to “regime change“Washington. However, the United States has never officially threatened to invade Venezuela.
Defense plan with millions of militiamen
Maduro announced that he had activated “A special plan with over 4.5 million militia ”although the experts question this figure. In reply to the American naval unfolding, Venezuela sent his navy and surveillance drones in territorial waters.
In parallel, Washington accuses the Venezuelan President and his close friends, including Diosdado Cabello, of leading “Cartel de Los Soles”, on the list of organizations “TERRORIST“The US. US authorities offer $ 50 million for information to capture Maduro and 25 million for Cabello.
Tensions at the diplomatic level
AFP has confirmed the presence in Panama of the destroyer USS Lake Erie, a missile launcher, near the entrance to the Pacific Ocean.
Diplomically, Venezuela's ambassador to UN, Samuel Moncada, addressed a letter to Secretary General Antonio Getterres, asking the United States to be urged to “Stop once and for all his hostile actions and threats And to respect the sovereignty, the territorial integrity and the political independence of Venezuela ”.
Message from the Army
In a military exercise broadcast on State Television on Thursday, Colonel Ramos Salazar said: “While we are besieged by the most genocidary empire in the history of mankind, the United States (…), special revolutionary operators are in the first line of the fight to defend the homeland of Bolívar and Chávez.”.
