US EditionVenezuela's Maduro rallies civilian militia volunteers, citing US invasion 'threat'
Venezuelan President Maduro reported over 4.5 million militia members mobilized in response to U.S. naval deployment and a $50 million bounty on him, aiming to defend national sovereignty amid escalating tensions.
- President Nicolas Maduro called on citizens to join the Bolivarian Militia, a civilian corps linked to Venezuela's armed forces, citing a US 'threat' of invasion.
- Maduro said the militia alone has over 4.5 million ready soldiers, while an independent estimate put its membership at about 343,000 in 2020.
- Volunteers signed up at registration centers set up across the capital, with some citing their willingness to defend the country against potential US aggression.
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By CNN en Español Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the Bolivarian Militia's registration campaign was a success and ordered that it continue next weekend. However, the president did not provide figures for the first two days of the call for volunteers to register, while the opposition called the call a "failure." All of this amid growing tensions between Caracas and Washington. Maduro asserted that the people "turned out en masse" to the…
The deployment of three U.S. warships near the coast of Venezuela revives old rumors of a military intervention to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, which in turn responds with the mobilization of troops. Three missile launchers will position themselves in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. “What they threaten to do against Venezuela—a regime change, a military terrorist strike—is immoral, criminal and illegal,” Maduro said Friday in an ac…
Venezuela Rallies Militia Volunteers In Response To US 'Threat'
Civil servants, housewives and retirees alike line up to volunteer to join the country's civilian militia – dubbed the “Bolivarian Militia”. It comes after the U.S. stationed three warships off the country’s coast. The Trump administration has accused Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro of being involved in a cartel smuggling drugs into the United States. Maduro has declined the claims, and has called the U.S. deployment a “violation of intern…
Housewives, retirees in Venezuela line up to join militia in response to what Maduro calls "outlandish threats" by U.S.
The show of force is intended to send a message to Washington, which has stationed three warships off Venezuela's coast for what the U.S. says are anti-drug operations.
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