Maduro from Venezuela to mobilize millions of militias on us “threats” | Conflict news

This decision comes after the United States has doubled the Maduro’s arrest premium at $ 50 million and deploys three warships in the Caribbean.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is committed to mobilizing more than four million militia militias in response to the “threats” of new United States after Washington increased a reward for his arrest and launched new anti-drug operations in the Caribbean.

“This week, I’m going to activate a special plan with more than 4.5 million militiamen to cover the whole national territory – militias that are prepared, activated and armed,” said Maduro in a television address on Monday.

The Venezuela militia was created by former president Hugo Chavez and officially would have around five million members, although analysts have suggested that the real figure is lower. The country’s total population is around 30 million.

Maduro denounced The “extravagant, bizarre and extravagant threats” by Washington. His comments came after the administration of American president Donald Trump doubled his reward For its arrest at $ 50 million. He accuses him of directing a network of cocaine smuggling known as the Los Cartel Solel.

The American government, which refuses to recognize the last of Maduro Two electoral victoriesRecently imposed new sanctions on both of his administration and the alleged cartel. The United States has provided no evidence connecting Maduro to drug cartels.

At the same time, the US military has deployed three destroyers of guided missiles in the United States to the South Caribbean as part of a wider operation against Latin America’s drug cartels.

USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham and USS Sampson should arrive off the coast of Venezuela in a few days, according to officials informed of the plan, reported the Reuters news agency. About 4,000 sailors and marines must join the deployment.

“We are also deployed in the Caribbean … In our sea, our property, the Venezuelan territory,” said Venezuelan Minister Diosdado Cabello.

Maduro urged his political base to extend workers and peasants’ militias and promised to arm them with “rifles and missiles” to defend the sovereignty of the country.

Despite the growing pressure, the Venezuelan chief expressed his gratitude for the international voices that spoke of the American position, rejecting Washington’s rhetoric as a “rotten refrain”.

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum this month No evidence of these links.