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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro rejected this Monday that some international media outlets call the increase in hostilities by the US Army in the southern Caribbean, for five weeks, "tension."
"It's not tension, it's aggression across the board. It's judicial aggression, when they criminalize us; it's political aggression, with their daily threatening statements; it's diplomatic aggression; and it's aggression on the way of a military nature," he said in this regard, at a press conference with international media.
"Excuses" from Washington
The president denounced that the U.S. military deployment "has as an excuse pure lies", which have been widely refuted by reports from the United Nations, the European Union (EU) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In his opinion, the threatening presence of the US Army on the Caribbean facade has been based on falsehoods, with the sole purpose of fabricating a file "that justifies an escalation, that justifies a military incident and an attack against Venezuela, a criminal attack".
The Trump administration has raised its belligerent tone against Caracas since last August, when international media announced a US military deployment in the southern Caribbean to, supposedly, confront drug cartels. Similarly, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, under the unfounded accusation of leading a "narcotics trafficking cartel". For Caracas, Washington's true intention with those maneuvers is to force a political change in Venezuela, which would allow the US government to seize the natural resources that the South American country possesses. To counter the US deployment, Maduro called for voluntary enlistment in the Bolivarian Militia for the defense of the nation's sovereignty. Despite the increase in friction, the Venezuelan president has shown himself open to dialogue with the US president, Donald Trump, as long as the "gunboat diplomacy" of his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is not imposed. The Pentagon has denounced that Venezuelan military aircraft would have flown "near a U.S. Navy ship in international waters," which it called a "provocative" move to interfere with its "counter-narcoterrorism operations" in the area. Subsequently, Trump threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military aircraft if they put the U.S. "in a dangerous position." Meanwhile, Maduro declared that the country will move to armed struggle if it is the subject of aggression. In this context, he pointed out that Washington "must abandon its plan for a violent regime change in Venezuela and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean."
The president denounced that the U.S. military deployment "has as an excuse pure lies", which have been widely refuted by reports from the United Nations, the European Union (EU) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In his opinion, the threatening presence of the US Army on the Caribbean facade has been based on falsehoods, with the sole purpose of fabricating a file "that justifies an escalation, that justifies a military incident and an attack against Venezuela, a criminal attack".
Over the weekend, a Venezuelan fishing vessel was intercepted by a U.S. destroyer in waters of the Caribbean country's Exclusive Economic Zone. The crew members were detained for more than eight hours, which provoked the unanimous rejection of Caracas, which described the event as an "illegal assault".
On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump was asked about the possibility of ordering attacks on the mainland of Venezuela, under the pretext of the alleged anti-narcotics fight: "We'll see what happens," he replied.
This Monday, the Chinese government considered that the actions of the U.S. in the Caribbean "threaten regional peace and security, have seriously violated the sovereignty, security and legitimate rights of other countries, and have infringed international law." Threats and tensionsThe Trump administration has raised its belligerent tone against Caracas since last August, when international media announced a US military deployment in the southern Caribbean to, supposedly, confront drug cartels. Similarly, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, under the unfounded accusation of leading a "narcotics trafficking cartel". For Caracas, Washington's true intention with those maneuvers is to force a political change in Venezuela, which would allow the US government to seize the natural resources that the South American country possesses. To counter the US deployment, Maduro called for voluntary enlistment in the Bolivarian Militia for the defense of the nation's sovereignty. Despite the increase in friction, the Venezuelan president has shown himself open to dialogue with the US president, Donald Trump, as long as the "gunboat diplomacy" of his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is not imposed. The Pentagon has denounced that Venezuelan military aircraft would have flown "near a U.S. Navy ship in international waters," which it called a "provocative" move to interfere with its "counter-narcoterrorism operations" in the area. Subsequently, Trump threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military aircraft if they put the U.S. "in a dangerous position." Meanwhile, Maduro declared that the country will move to armed struggle if it is the subject of aggression. In this context, he pointed out that Washington "must abandon its plan for a violent regime change in Venezuela and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean."
