The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, launched this Tuesday a red cap similar to that of its American counterpartDonald Trump, but with the message “no to war, yes to peace”, a motto he has used in recent weeks to denounce Washington’s military deployment in the Caribbean, which he considers a “threat”.
On the occasion of her birthday, last November 23, a public sector employee decided give a cap to the Chavista leader at an official event and Maduro, smiling, put it on.
“I am a grateful man, I really like gifts and there is a deadline until December 31st for birthday gifts, so I am very grateful for this cap with the central message: no war, yes peace!”, Maduro said, after receiving the gift, during the event broadcast by the public channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).
“It’s going to be done the famous cap of the season at the national and international level”, continued the president.
The red cap is similar to the MAGA (“Make America Great Again”) hat Trump wore during his campaign.
“No war, yes peace”is Maduro’s new motto in every official activity to send a message to the United States, a country he accuses of wanting to overthrow him through the naval air deployment in the Caribbean that began last August.
According to Washington, the military mobilization aims to fight against drug trafficking, but Caracas denounces this. They seek to seize the resources of the South American country and achieve “regime change”.
The United States government does not recognize Maduro’s legitimacy in Venezuela and accuses him of leading the Cartel of the Suns, a group allegedly linked to drug trafficking, although Venezuelan officials like Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello consider it an “invention.”
This naval deployment is the largest in the history of the North American country since the first Persian Gulf War (1990-1991), according to a study carried out by experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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