On Sunday, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez confirmed that the Bolivarian militias are ready to defend Venezuelan territory against any external threat.
“Venezuela has definitely become an impregnable territory. From every physical space, the militiamen, with their missions and assigned weapons, make our nation an impregnable homeland,” he said.
“If something has developed during these 10 weeks of preparation, it has precisely been the Bolivarian Militia,” Padrino Lopez emphasized, describing it as Venezuela’s “strategic weapon.”
“The Militia continues its preparation throughout the national territory–today on the coasts and in the mountains, tomorrow on the rivers and in the plains, and wherever necessary,” he added.
Currently, 6.2 million citizens are enlisted in the Militia as part of the comprehensive defense system that President Nicolas Maduro’s government has been implementing.
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On Oct. 24, Padrino Lopez said the country continues to prepare for a military deployment that is getting closer each day to Venezuela’s coasts. He also reaffirmed that Venezuelan troops remain “unbreakable, determined, and firmly committed to defending every inch” of the territory.
He made these remarks after the Pentagon announced the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to Caribbean waters. The ship joined the contingent the Pentagon has had stationed in the Caribbean since the summer, citing anti-narcotics operations as its mission.
The U.S. mobilization includes three amphibious assault and transport ships, F-35B fighter jets, P-8 patrol aircraft, and MQ-9 drones operating from a base in Puerto Rico.
On Sunday, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to conduct several days of military exercises. Since last Thursday, members of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, along with militiamen and police units, have been deployed along the country’s coasts for 72-hour drills.
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Sources: teleSUR—EFE