The exercise, ordered by President Nicolás Maduro, includes air maneuvers, sea and terrestrial, and aims to demonstrate the country’s defense capacity in the face of growing US tensions.
The Venezuelan Defense Minister announced a military exercise on Wednesday that includes the sending of more than 2,500 military personnel to the island of La Orchila, in the Venezuelan Caribbean, after the “Threat of the United States”.
The announcement of the Military Exercise “Caribbean Sovereign 200”, comes by “Threat of the United States”, Which maintain the Naval Military Forces in international waters near La Orchila Island, Venezuela Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said at a meeting with military commanders broadcast on Venezuelan state television (VTV).
During the exercise, The military will spend three days on the island of La Orchila.
The “Sovereign Caribbean 200” Includes air maneuvers, sea and terrestrial.
The exercise will also count on 12 ships Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela “of different classes and types”, 22 aircraft and about twenty vessels.
Military exercise was ordered by Nicolás Maduro
The military exercise was ordained by the president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro, Second Vladimir Padrino.
As tensions between Venezuela and the United States increased in Augustafter US President Donald Trump ordered the sending of war ships to the Caribbean to international waters near the South American country, citing the fight against Latin America’s drug cartels.
Last week, Trump announced that the United States had attacked a “boat carrying drugs”, Saying these are members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan cartel established in several countries and classified as a terrorist organization by the US President.
Os United States accuses Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, of leading the Sois cartel, of drug trafficking and recently increased the reward for information that leads to its capture to $ 50 million (about 43 million euros).
Nicolás Maduro denounced the US military presence next to the Venezuelan coast and denied any connection with drug trafficking.
In recent weeks, Maduro appealed to the population to enlist in the militiaa highly politicized body, created by the late President Hugo Chávez, as well as announced a defense plan and the sending of 25,000 members of the Armed Forces to the borders.
