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Caracas.- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday called on six eastern regions of the country to "a vigil and a permanent march in the streets" in response to the announced resumption of US military exercises in Trinidad and Tobago, amid growing tensions between Caracas and Washington.
In an event in the Venezuelan capital, the president called on "all popular, social, political, military and police forces" to "not fall into provocations at any time, but to mobilize with patriotic fervor" in rejection of "imperialist ships" and "military threats", as well as those he described as "irresponsible exercises" in Trinidadian waters. Specifically, Maduro called on the states of Bolívar (bordering Brazil), Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Anzoátegui, the insular Nueva Esparta and Sucre, near the island of Trinidad, to mobilize "in perfect popular-military-police fusion" and "with the flag of Venezuela held high".You can read: Michelle Obama says United States "is not ready for a woman president"
"The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has once again announced irresponsible exercises, lending its waters off the coast of Sucre state for military exercises that they intend to be threatening to a republic like Venezuela, which is not intimidated by anyone. (...) The people of Trinidad and Tobago will see if they continue to endure the use of their waters and lands to seriously threaten the peace of the Caribbean," he expressed. "The United States government intends to bomb and invade a Christian people, our people, what is that? (...) Do you want to come and kill a Christian people here in South America?", added the head of state, who led an act of swearing-in of the so-called Integral Base Bolivarian Committees (CBBI), which are chavismo work teams located on the country's streets. As confirmed on Friday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Sean Sobers, the U.S. Navy will return to the Caribbean territory, which is about 11 kilometers from the Venezuelan coast, to continue its military exercises with the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF). Sobers' announcement comes after Trinidadian Attorney General John Jeremie announced this Thursday that the military of the Marine Expedition Unit 22 will intensify its practices in that country from this Sunday until next Friday, November 21st. Venezuela has been in permanent military mobilization throughout its territory for three months in response to what it denounces as a "threat" from the U.S., referring to the naval and air deployment that Washington has maintained in the Caribbean near the South American nation since August. Chavismo denounced this Saturday that the U.S. seeks to "unleash violent actions and sow conflict" in the Caribbean with the military operation 'Lanza del Sur', announced on Thursday by Washington, under the argument of combating drug trafficking from Latin America, in what seems to raise the pressure of the Donald Trump Administration on Venezuela and Colombia.
