17.10.2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he is mobilising his forces and militia to defend the country.
This is coming on the heels of threats by US President Donald Trump, to invade the country if necessary to stop drug traffickers. Maduro accused Trump of trying to force a change in leadership in the country.
Speaking during the closing ceremony of the National Congress of Chefs and Chefs of the Homeland in Plaza Bicentenario in the capital Caracas, Maduro said: “The CIA has been sent to Venezuela for regime change. Since its creation, no US government has so openly ordered this agency to kill, overthrow or destroy other countries,” he said.
“For the first time in our history, a US administration openly declares its intent to attack another country. They aim to scare, divide and demoralize our people through psychological warfare. But our nation remains united and determined,” he said.
“To the conspirators, imperialists and their media outlets, I have bad news: the political and military leadership of the revolution has never been more united to defend our homeland.”
Maduro said 6.2 million citizens are part of the National Integrated Defense System and would resist any external threat.
He further criticized Washington’s interventionist policies, saying: “If Venezuela did not possess oil, gas, gold, fertile land and water, the imperialists wouldn’t even look at our country.”
In recent months, the US deployed a naval force, including submarines and warships, off the Venezuelan coast under the directive.
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