US EditionMaduro Mobilizes Civilian Militias as US Warships Patrol Caribbean
Venezuela deployed 2,500 troops, 12 naval vessels, and trained thousands of civilians in response to US naval presence amid rising tensions in the Caribbean.
- Venezuela will hold a National Civil Protection Drill on Saturday, September 27, to test readiness for natural disasters or armed conflict across the country.
- The drill follows recent seismic events exceeding magnitude 6.0 and a US military deployment near Venezuela, which has raised fears of invasion and regime change.
- The exercise will include Civil Protection, police forces, military personnel, schools, hospitals, and health centers, alongside the activation of a government mandate that establishes a state of external emergency, granting special powers to manage the situation.
- In recent weeks, U.S. military personnel have eliminated a minimum of three vessels believed to be involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean, resulting in the deaths of more than a dozen individuals—actions that UN experts have condemned as extrajudicial killings amid rising regional tensions.
- President Nicolas Maduro is considering invoking emergency powers, while rights groups fear such decrees could limit freedoms amid ongoing political unrest since his disputed 2024 re-election.
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Relations between the US and Venezuela have recently deteriorated, and the South American country is now holding off military maneuvers.
Fearing U.S. invasion, Venezuela to hold emergency drills
Venezuela, on high alert over a U.S. military deployment off its coast that has stirred invasion fears, will hold disaster preparedness drills on Saturday as President Nicolas Maduro mulls invoking emergency powers. Maduro called for the drills on Thursday, hours after several earth tremors rattled a population already unnerved by…
Fearing US Invasion Of Venezuela, Thousands Join Civilian Militia As Maduro To Hold Emergency Drills
Venezuela, on edge due to a U.S. military presence off its coast sparking invasion concerns, will conduct disaster preparedness exercises on Saturday as President Nicolas Maduro considers declaring emergency powers. On Thursday, Maduro announced the drills, shortly after multiple earthquakes heightened tensions among a population already shaken by lethal U.S. strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug […]
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Fearing US invasion, Venezuela to hold emergency drills
Venezuela, on high alert as a US military deployment off its coast has stirred invasion fears, will hold disaster preparedness drills Saturday as President Nicolas Maduro mulls invoking emergency powers.
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