Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro said on Monday, September 1, that he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the country were attacked by the forces that the United States moved to the Caribbean. Washington announced the expansion of his naval presence in the region to combat drug cartels, but did not signal land foray. Still, Caracas sent troops to the coast and to the Colombian border and called on citizens to integrate civil militias.
Maduro denounced that “eight military ships with 1,200 missiles and a submarine” point to Venezuela, configuring “an unjustifiable, unjustifiable, immoral and absolutely criminal, bloody threat.”
He added: “Given this maximum military pressure, we declare maximum readiness to defend Venezuela.”
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According to the president, the total number of recruited, militia and reservists reaches 8.2 million.
Donald Trump’s government argues that the operation is necessary to contain fentanyl trafficking and other drugs. Venezuelan foreign minister Yván Gil, however, cited UN report according to which 87% of Colombian cocaine leaves the Pacific and only 5% passes through Venezuela.
He warned that the narrative “threatens the whole region” and that an attack would “really mean a complete destabilization.”
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During the press conference, Maduro declared herself a winner of the 2024 election, not recognized by several countries. He said he maintains dialogue channels with Washington and called the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “Lord of the War.”
According to him, a US military offensive against Caracas would stain Trump’s hands “with blood.”
