In Caracas, supporters of Nicolas Maduro’s regime organized a march to protest the “threats” of the United States, which declared the alleged Sun Cartel a terrorist organization and deployed a fleet of warships to the Caribbean under the pretext of combating drug trafficking.
On Tuesday, Chavista rallied in Caracas, carrying Venezuelan flags, to reject military threats from the United States, call for peace, declare its belief in a response, or simply hope that the worst does not happen.
“The entire history of the United States in Latin America has been a history of aggression, conquest, taking away our resources and economically destabilizing our country,” one protester explained to Radio France Internationale.
“The goal is that People here get nervous, This is what they achieve, however We are a warrior peoplesaid another Chavista at the rally.
“I don’t think anything will happen, because Venezuela is a country of peace,” a woman joined the demonstration.
Another added: “We do not deserve so many threats. Here are people who work and want to be free.”
Another demonstrator was confident that there would be no American attack. He added: “War in Venezuela is not appropriate for (the United States).” “Because part of South America is already rising,” he said. “I trust in God Almighty that nothing will happen, because Venezuela It is covered in the blood of Christ“, added a woman who was present at the march in front of an RFI microphone.
During the mobilization, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said that the United States had increased the tone of its pressure, but he defiantly declared that anyone who dared to attack Venezuelan territory… “He will be annihilated by our people”He said.
The march Travel several kilometers To the entrance of the largest military facility in Caracas, where she was joined by a number of uniformed men.
There was Nicolas Maduro, leading an event at the military academy, and most of his audience in front of the stage were soldiers. The governor raised his sword from the hand of the liberator Simón Bolívar and warned that the country was at home “A critical turning point.”
The president, who was wearing military uniform, urged his followers and security forces to remain on high alert, implicitly acknowledging the seriousness of the pressures on his administration in the face of the US deployment in Caribbean waters.
During the day there were those who stayed on the sidelines, like Alejandra, who Think more about the fact that you don’t have enough to stock your pantry Prepared in case conflict eventually breaks out.
He admitted, “I’m not really sure if they’ll come or not. I don’t know what to believe at this point. I haven’t taken a lot of precautions because I don’t have the resources. I’m just living day by day.”
With information from RFI and ANSA