Maduro: Venezuela’s Armed Forces more ready than ever
Maduro: Venezuela’s Armed Forces more ready than ever
M.U.H
29/12/202534
Tehran: President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro stressed that his country’s armed forces are more ready than ever to protect Venezuela.
Addressing an end-of-year speech at the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Navy in La Guaira state near Caracas, Maduro announced that the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela (FNAB) will remain at comprehensive defense level and are more ready than ever to preserve the peace and sovereignty of the country.
The loyalty of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces to the Bolivarian project, to the Commander-in-Chief, and to the great destiny of the nation has been victorious, he added.
Maduro described the deployment of US forces in the Caribbean as a crime.
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Armed Forces are not soldiers who work to bomb cities, kill people, steal wealth, he said.
Maduro’s statements come as tensions between Washington and Caracas have escalated due to the largest US naval and air force deployment in the region in decades, under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking.
Since September, the US has targeted dozens of vessels it has claimed to be suspected of carrying drugs.
Tensions peaked in mid-month when US President Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and seized three tankers carrying Venezuelan crude oil.
Caracas, condemning US aggressions, has stated that both the so-called anti-drug war and the naval blockade are aimed at regime change and seizing the country’s natural resources.
