US President Donald Trump assured that the days of his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro were “numbered” and did not rule out a possible land invasion of the South American countrywhere senior figures of Chavismo, for their part, reiterated this Tuesday that the nation is ready to “fight”.
The Republican president, in an interview with Policy published this Tuesday, he was asked how far he would be willing to go to remove Maduro from the power he has held since 2013, to which he replied: “His days are numbered.”
However, he did not want to confirm or rule out a ground intervention with American troops: “I don’t want to talk about that. Why would I talk about it with Policya publication so hostile towards me?
These words from Trump, who does not recognize Maduro as president, were known a day before Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado received her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, without still knowing if she will actually participate in the ceremony in Oslo, which these days has become the global epicenter of the Latin American right and anti-Chavismo. Also, this same Tuesday Two American F-18 fighter jets flew over the waters of the Gulf of Venezuela for about 40 minutes, in a new gesture that contributes to increasing pressure from Washington on the government of the Chavista leader.
As shown by the aerial tracking service Flightradar24, the flight took place around 12:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. in mainland Spain) in an area of the gulf about 160 kilometers northeast of Maracaibo, the capital of the state of Zulia (border with Colombia).
Although the Venezuelan authorities did not refer to this fact, they reaffirmed during the day that the Caribbean country continues ready to “fight” in the event of “attack”as the United States maintains a military deployment in the waters of the Caribbean Sea near the South American nation, seen by the Maduro government as a “threat” aimed at promoting regime change.
Response from Caracas
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said the determination to fight for the country’s freedom was strengthened “by weapons.”
Likewise, he assured that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) responded “with dignity” to the “threats” of the United States and have a master plan adapted to this situation. “new military and multifaceted aggression of North American imperialism”.
For his part, Chancellor Yván Gil pleaded for a “revolutionary offensive” and for the construction of a movement capable of responding to “imperialism” and its allies.
Meanwhile, Chavismo’s chief negotiator and President of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, warned that, “with absolute certainty,” Venezuela will defend itself and will fight against possible military aggression, and assured that the United States wanted “a war to devastate” this Caribbean country.
Rodríguez also said on Tuesday that Venezuela would leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to the “vassalism” of its representatives, saying that the body’s judges “are not there to deliver justice or to defend rights” and that the Court has also said “absolutely nothing” about the “threats and psychological warfare” against Venezuela by the United States.
Venezuelan economy
On the other hand, during a National Council of the Productive Economy, broadcast by the public channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), Maduro declared on Tuesday that Fishing production increased in the country despite missiles that the United States launched against ships in the Caribbean Sea.
The president said that aquaculture production increased by 4% and fishing catches by 2.4% between January and November this year, without giving further details on this subject.
Maduro highlighted these figures as an achievement in “the framework of missiles launched on boats in the Caribbean” and stressed that “Venezuela continues to grow in its production.”
The head of state also planned that Venezuela’s gross domestic product (GDP) increases by 9% in 2025 despite what he calls a “permanent context of economic aggression”.
Support for Maduro
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkianhad a telephone conversation with his Venezuelan counterpart, with whom reiterated his support in the face of “hostile provocations” of the United States, the South American country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Tuesday.
Pezeshkian, according to a statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, stressed that all “hostile provocations” violate the principles of international law and constitute a “dangerous precedent” for the people of the world.
Also this Tuesday, the co-president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, reaffirmed its solidarity with the “brother Venezuelan government” before the American military deployment.
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