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Moscow, August 25 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday that there will be two new mobilization days to defend the sovereignty of the country in response to the U.S. military deployment in the southern Caribbean.
“I ordered that this heroic Call to Arms continue next Friday, August 29, and Saturday, August 30, to defend our right to peace, our sovereignty, and for a glorious future,” the Venezuelan leader wrote on his Telegram account.
Since last week, when announcements of U.S. military mobilization near Venezuelan shores emerged, Maduro has called upon 4.5 million militiamen across the country to prepare, with these activities taking place over the past weekend.
“This weekend, we made history,” the Venezuelan president asserted, emphasizing that the first step to activate the National Defense System has been taken. “The people, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, and the Militia are stronger than ever. The peoples of the world admire our courage!” he added.
On the eve of this statement, Maduro highlighted that Venezuela has “a peaceful people, but it is also a warrior people.” “In this blood that flows here, runs the blood of the liberators of all of America. We seek peace, and peace will triumph here,” he further stated.
The announcement of the deployment of naval and aerial forces by Washington in the southern Caribbean, under the pretext of combating drug trafficking, has been viewed by Caracas as a form of covert aggression that does not align with reality, given the lack of evidence supporting the U.S. government’s narrative. In this regard, Maduro emphasized, “No empire will come to touch the sacred land of Venezuela nor should it touch the sacred land of South America.” He also accused U.S. authorities of attempting to provoke a regime change.
The military threat from the U.S. has been condemned by several Latin American countries. The nations that make up the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) condemned the deployment during a virtual summit held on Wednesday. The leaders of Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and Bolivia also criticized Washington’s actions.
China and Russia, with which the Venezuelan government maintains close ties, have also joined this stance. (Text and Photo: RT)
