US EditionVenezuela deploys warships, drones as US destroyers draw near
The U.S. has deployed seven warships and approximately 10,700 personnel to the Caribbean to counter drug trafficking, prompting Venezuela to increase coastal patrols with warships and drones.
- Venezuela deployed warships and drones to patrol its coastline following the arrival of three US destroyers in the region.
- Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino stated there is a significant drone deployment and naval patrols along the Caribbean coast.
- The US is sending two additional ships to the Caribbean to combat drug cartels, according to a US source.
- Caracas has requested the United Nations to intervene by demanding the cessation of US military deployment.
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The military deployment announced by U.S. sources in international waters under the pretext of an anti-narcotics operation has provoked tensions in Venezuela, whose government has announced the mobilization of 4.5 million militiamen while calling on Venezuelans to join the reserve.
United Nations, 28 Aug (EFE).- The Venezuelan ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada, met Thursday with the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to convey to him his vision of the US military deployment in the Caribbean Sea and ask him to speak publicly about it. “The Secretary General has been well informed and we ask him to speak openly on any official channel he deems appropriate about these serious violations to the secur…
Defense Minister of Venezuela: US Military Deployment Is Not to Combat Narco-Trafficking but to Attack Venezuela
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino questioned the deployment of destroyers by the United States in the Caribbean, stating that the real objective is not to combat drug trafficking but to attack Venezuela. In an interview with Telesur on Wednesday, August 27, General Padrino remarked that the presence of US warships is disproportionate to combating drug trafficking, calling it an excessive use of military resources. “It is as if I use m…
Why Trump Is Deploying US Warships Near Venezuela
US President Donald Trump is escalating his “maximum pressure” campaign against the socialist government of Venezuela with the deployment of warships, aircraft and troops to the southern Caribbean. Trump’s administration has called President Nicolás Maduro a narco-terrorist who has orchestrated drug trafficking from the highest level of government, and the US government has offered $50 million for information leading to his arrest. The naval depl
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