Caracas.- The general secretary of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, asked Venezuelans on Monday to prepare on “all fronts” in the face of the military deployment that United States maintains in the Caribbean Sea under the argument of combating drug trafficking.
“We are not calling for war of any kind, nor do we want war with anyone. But our people must be prepared and alert, in all instances, on all fronts, in all ways and forms,” stated Cabello in a press conference of the PSUV, broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).
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Likewise, the also Minister of the Interior indicated that preparing for “this battle” means that “those who live here like Trojan horses know that their destiny is the destiny of the enemies of the homeland”.
“If there’s something we have to be careful of, it’s the insiders who would be willing to work for imperialism,” the Chavista pointed out, without elaborating.
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Cabello announced that over the weekend the PSUV will debate and receive proposals to defend the country from what Caracas denounces as the “threats” posed by the military mobilization of the United States.
Earlier, Venezuela’s Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino López, stated that the country remains on alert and unafraid of the United States’ operation in the Caribbean, which Caracas sees as an attempt to provoke a “regime” change.
In a press conference broadcast by VTV, Padrino López assured that “the entire” U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean is “aiming at Venezuela” and, he added, local authorities remain vigilant.
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For the Minister of Defense, the United States maintains an “unprecedented military threat” and, “in parallel”, he assured, intends to “destabilize, from within, the (Venezuelan) institutions, provoke the division of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and also cause traitors to come out”, which is why he called to consolidate “the internal stability of the country”.
The United States has deployed eight missile-carrying warships and a nuclear-powered submarine in areas of the Caribbean Sea under the argument of combating drug trafficking that it claims “contaminates” the streets of its country and ordered, last week, that ten F-35 fighter jets go to an air base in Puerto Rico.
Venezuela, in response, has mobilized ships and millions of militiamen, and, in addition, has called on the UN and the international community in general to speak out.
