Caracas, November 26 (EFE). – Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello warned on Wednesday that there would be no bases for those who want to invade his country, in moments of tension due to the military deployment maintained by the United States in the Caribbean Sea under the pretext of combating drug trafficking, but the government of Nicolás Maduro denounces it as a “threat” of invasion or an attempt to encourage regime change.
In his weekly program “Con el mallet Giving,” broadcast by the official channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), Cabello warned that “whoever dares to set foot in Venezuela will face the wrath of the people.”
“We don’t threaten anyone, we don’t mess with anyone, we want to live in peace, we are peaceful. But know, we have said it many times. Maybe it will be easy to get in, and the problem will be to get out. Don’t say we don’t warn you. There are no rules here, once someone sets foot in Venezuela,” stressed the second-in-command of the Chavista movement.
Since last August, the United States has strengthened its military presence in the Caribbean – which later expanded to the Latin American and Pacific region – with ships, combat aircraft, and special forces, amid increasing tensions with Venezuela.
The Maduro government considers these measures a “threat,” although the Donald Trump administration frames this deployment in the “Southern Spears” initiative and in the fight against drug trafficking.
The U.S. Air Force revealed Wednesday that B-52H bomber aircraft carried out attack demonstrations this week in the Caribbean, following a warning issued Friday by that country’s air authorities that urged “extreme caution” in the region. Evie
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