The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, assured this Saturday that the country is preparing together with Cuba, Nicaragua and other international allies for “if someday“it is necessary”take up arms to defend the right to peace and sovereignty“.
“Venezuela is preparing together with Cuba, together with Nicaragua, together with our older brothers in the world for if one day we have to take up arms to defend the right to peace, the right to sovereignty and the historical rights of our homeland,” the president said at the closing of the International Anti-Fascist World Festival, convened by Chavismo.
In this sense, the president, who took power on Friday surrounded by controversy after the elections of July 28, in which the opposition denounced fraud in the vote count and claimed victory, has said that “if it is for the good times, we will advance, and if it is the bad times, we will also defeat them so that they respect.
“We are not lukewarm leaders, we are the Bolivarian revolution of the 21st century, let no one make a mistake with Venezuela, let no one make a mistake with us,” he stated.
He has also insisted that “if that were the case” they would confront “fascism with weapons in hand and with armed struggle.”
Maduro took office this Friday at the headquarters of the National Assembly, thus beginning a third term that will be a “period of peace” but that begins surrounded by controversy after the elections of July 28, in which the opposition denounced fraud in the votes are counted and victory is claimed.
