US EditionVenezuela mobilizes troops, weapons in response to US warship buildup in Caribbean
- On Tuesday, Venezuela announced a massive mobilization of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, Bolivarian Militia, and police, with Padrino López saying, 'The aggression will be responded to with national unity.'
- On Tuesday the U.S. carrier strike group entered the region with at least 4,000 sailors as the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group arrived in SOUTHCOM waters amid recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug vessels.
- Officials describe a second 'anarchization' tactic using intelligence services and armed supporters, while planning documents detail prolonged resistance at over 280 locations, and Maduro said, `'Any military force in the world knows the power of the Igla-S, and Venezuela has no less than 5,000 of them.'`
- The Bolivarian Militia will join regular units, and Maduro says 8 million civilians are training, while soldiers earn roughly $100 and face food shortages.
- Polls show about 47 percent of Americans would oppose land attacks on Venezuelan territory, while Russia's foreign ministry said last week it could respond to Venezuela's requests and analysts warn the mobilisation aims at deterrence through chaos.
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Some 200,000 men were mobilized for these exercises, organized following some 20 US strikes on ships that Washington accused of drug trafficking.
Military forces guard strategic infrastructure, in response to the massive deployment of US forces in Caribbean waters (ANSA)
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Worlds most powerful warship arrives in Caribbean
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has entered the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism operations in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. Navy stated. Led by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the strike group’s arrival follows a presidential directive tasking U.S. forces with dismantling transnational criminal organisations and disrupting narcotics trafficking networks …
Is Venezuela preparing for a Caribbean military showdown against the US?
Venezuela has mobilised its armed forces — including over 123,000 regular troops and what it claims are 8 million militia members — after the US stationed more than 15,000 personnel, an aircraft carrier, and advanced fighter jets across the Caribbean
Venezuela Mobilizes Military Forces in Response to US Presence in Region
Following the U.S. Senate rejecting a resolution to block U.S. military actions against Venezuela, and the Pentagon confirming that the largest U.S. aircraft carrier is heading to Latin America, Venezuela is countering with its own two-day military mobilization. Venezuelan Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino López announced a large-scale military mobilization during a news conference on Tuesday, calling it a defensive response to perceived…
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