The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, said this Tuesday that “fake news” is being transmitted in the United States about his “noble” country Venezuela, at a time when Washington maintains a military deployment in the Caribbean under the argument of combating drug trafficking that, he claims, leaves from the oil country.
“Everything they say is a lie, so you on the networks, women, in Spanish, in English, in Wayúu, you can break the veto and censorship that the United States media has at this time on the truth about Venezuela,” said the president at an inauguration event for the International Women’s Leadership School, broadcast by the state channel VTV, without denying any news in particular.
Maduro also reiterated that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) “shot down” nine aircraft on Monday, allegedly linked to drug trafficking in the state of Amazonas, bordering Brazil and Colombia.
“Who did it? The FANB, vigilant and grim, wearing its permanent campaign boots, so Venezuela is very well cared for and protected, by its FANB and by the greatest force that Venezuela has, the women who are empowered, mobilized, activated, 24 hours a day always,” he added.
Since last August, the United States has maintained an air-naval deployment in the Caribbean, near Venezuelan waters, which, it claims, is intended to combat drug trafficking, but which Caracas interprets as “threats” and an attempt to promote a regime change.
The Government of Donald Trump accuses Maduro of leading the Cartel of the Suns, an alleged criminal organization that the Republican considers responsible for “flooding” the streets of the North American country with drugs, although Caracas insists that it does not exist.
Tensions between Caracas and Washington escalated after Trump’s announcement of a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers moving to and from the South American country, and the confiscation of two ships transporting Venezuelan crude oil in recent days.
The US president also announced on Friday an attack against a “large facility” on a dock as part of his campaign against drug trafficking that, according to him, leaves Venezuela, but he did not specify whether the attack occurred in Venezuelan territory.
As reported by the New York Times on Monday, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out a drone attack against a port facility in Venezuela last week.
However, the Venezuelan Government has not yet commented.
