President Maduro Launches 'Independence Plan 200' to Bolster Venezuela’s Defense - teleSUR English
- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the 'Independence Plan 200' to enhance national defense on September 11, 2025, focusing on a concept of 'Permanent Active and Defensive Resistance.'
- Maduro emphasized the unity and readiness of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces to defend the nation's sovereignty against threats.
- The plan includes large-scale military drills across strategic areas, which respond to heightened tensions in the Caribbean.
- Local leaders in Latin America condemned the US military's actions in the region, asserting it poses a threat to peace and sovereignty.
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CARACAS — President Nicolás Maduro announced yesterday the formal activation of the so-called “Independence Plan 200,” a joint effort involving the Armed Forces, police forces, militias, and public workers whose mission will be to guarantee peace and protect the country from any internal or external aggression.
Venezuela Activates Defensive Military Deployment Amid Threats From US Empire
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has launched the “Independence Plan 200” (Active Resistance and Permanent Offensive Deployment), deploying a total of 284 battle-ready positions. Early this Thursday, September 11, from Ciudad Caribia, La Guaira state, President Maduro stated that this activation is part of a comprehensive plan for national defense, and constitutes permanent proaction by the people to ensure peace with the nation’s sovereignty…
Nicolás Maduro announced today that he will open 248 battlefronts in five coastal regions of Venezuela to confront the powerful naval fleet of the United States that advances in the Caribbean to combat drug trafficking mafias, of which the Cartel de los Soles claims that it is led by the Venezuelan president. It is the so-called 'Plan Independencia 200', which includes a special reinforcement, launched by Maduro during a tour of Ciudad Caribia, …
Venezuelan Armed Forces Launch Defense Exercises as Trump’s ‘Illegal’ Strikes Face Domestic Criticism - Venezuelanalysis
Lisbon, Portugal, September 11, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) began large-scale military drills in the face of US threats and naval deployment in the Caribbean. President Nicolás Maduro announced the “Independencia 200” plan on Thursday morning as part of a “comprehensive defense” concept. “We have to ensure that our coastline is free from invaders and violent groups,” he said during a televise…
Venezuela activated on Thursday morning a military operation of “resistance” to what it has described as a “threat” of the United States for its mobilization of troops to the Caribbean. President Nicolás Maduro led Operation Independence 200 in 284 “battle fronts” throughout the country. He did not specify the number of troops. “These seas, this land, these neighborhoods, these mountains, these immensities and the riches of these lands belong to…


Maduro announced a military deployment in the presence of the US in the Caribbean, and said they are ready to fight if necessary.
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