{"id":483442,"date":"2025-09-18T21:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/venezuela-exhibits-its-military-might-at-the-start-of-operation-caribe-200\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:35:36","slug":"venezuela-exhibits-its-military-might-at-the-start-of-operation-caribe-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/venezuela-exhibits-its-military-might-at-the-start-of-operation-caribe-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela exhibits its military might at the start of ‘Operation Caribe 200’"},"content":{"rendered":"As an “operational readiness” exercise aimed at preparing the country “for an armed conflict scenario at sea”, defined<\/a> the Venezuelan Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez, the ‘Caribe Soberano 200’ Operation, which has been taking place since the previous day on the island of La Orchila, about 160 kilometers from the capital.\n\nThe action arose as a response to the military deployment that the U.S. maintains in the waters of the southern Caribbean<\/strong> for five weeks with the declared argument of combating drug cartels, although the Venezuelan authorities claim that it is a covert maneuver to attack their sovereignty.\n\n\n

You may be interested in<\/strong>: DONALD TRUMP AND VENEZUELA, WE TALK ABOUT THE SUBJECT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n“[We are] preparing on the ground to thus raise the operational readiness in the face of the military threat that has risen in the Caribbean against Venezuela,” detailed<\/a> Padrino L\u00f3pez in a video published on his social media.\n\nIn the images corresponding to the second day of the exercise, an important number of troops practicing<\/strong> landing, shooting, attack and defense is reported, as well as the handling of tanks, war vehicles, helicopters, military vessels and fighter planes in a confrontational scenario<\/strong>.\n\nThe Venezuelan Caribbean facade has been trying to be breached by third countries during the last decade. According to what the Venezuelan Defense Minister recalled, in 2019 there was an attempt to violate the country’s territorial sea from Puerto Rico<\/strong> with the pretext of delivering humanitarian aid<\/a>. And in 2020, mercenaries from Colombia launched the failed ‘Operation Gideon<\/a>‘, whose purpose was to assassinate the Venezuelan president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.\n\n\n