Venezuelan’s supporters enroll in militia after US deployed warships in Caribbean
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Supporters of Venezuela’s government have been registering for the country’s militia over the weekend, following President Nicolas Maduro’s call to mobilize 4.5 million members in reaction to the arrival of US warships in the Caribbean.
Supporters of Venezuela’s government have been registering for the country’s militia over the weekend, following President Nicolas Maduro’s call to mobilize 4.5 million members in reaction to the arrival of US warships in the Caribbean.
The deployment, ordered by President Donald Trump, includes three guided-missile destroyers, an amphibious squadron, at least 4,500 sailors, and approximately 22,000 marines, according to official reports. The Pentagon has stated that the increased naval presence is intended to combat regional drug trafficking.
The deployment comes amid escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas. The US Justice Department recently doubled its reward to $50 million for information leading to Maduro’s arrest, accusing him of being one of the world’s largest drug traffickers. In response, Maduro announced last week that 4.5 million militiamen would be deployed nationwide, urging citizens to join the effort and condemning the US naval operations as an “unacceptable provocation.” “We will defend our seas, our skies, and our lands,” he declared, referring to any potential foreign incursion.
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has asserted that “very few high-ranking military officers are supporting Maduro.”
Some neighboring Caribbean nations have commented on the situation. Trinidad and Tobago expressed full support for the US presence, emphasizing the mission’s goal of dismantling drug cartels. “Trinidad and Tobago has always had good relations with the Venezuelan people, and that will continue,” Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar stated. “However, I want to make it very clear that if the Maduro regime launches any attack against the Guyanese people or invades Guyanese territory and a request is made by the American government for access to Trinidadian territory to defend the people of Guyana, my government will unflinchingly provide them that access.”
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