Officials and ships of the Bolivarian Navy were deployed in the La Guaira state as part of an air demonstration; destined to commemorate the 242 ° Birth of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, the 202 ° Anniversary of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo, in addition to the National Day of the Bolivarian Navy.
From the act, the sectorial vice president of Defense and Sovereignty, Vladimir Padrino López, expressed his admiration for the work of the Navy for defending the Venezuelan Sea and denounced the incursion of a ship in Venezuelan waters in an alleged oceanographic exploration
“We are third in the defense of our Atlantic facade,” he said and warned that Venezuela “is not sucking rooster,” he said when denouncing unauthorized entrance from the ship to a few miles from the amacuro delta. “The sea is not aware of delimiting, it is our sea! It is our exit, there at the head of the Delta, without asking permission and saying that they were in Guyanesas waters.”
In his opinion, the action is no accident; “We are not breastfeeding to defend our sovereignty, and we are going to exercise all actions under the leadership of our commander in chief (President Nicolás Maduro) to defend our sovereignty in any geographical space, whether at sea, be it in continental territory,” he said.
Padrino López recalled that Naval and Air-Marine patrols have been reinforced and instructed the mobilization of units of the Bolivarian National Navy to permanently monitor the continental platform and the country’s river routes.
He also highlighted the importance of the Civic-Military Union and urged institutions of the State and the civilian population to stay alert, “working hand in hand with our naval force to ensure that no external actor violates our territorial integrity.”
Proud of the Navy
During the act, Padrino López also expressed himself proud of all the servers, soldiers, officers and admirals of the Bolivarian Navy. I feel proud of all its members, of everything it does to defend this immense sea, and that does it with perfection, with ethics, with professionalism ». Then, the Minister of Defense also granted decorations to participants of Operation Domingo Sifontes.
Among the naval vehicles mobilized in the spot, the Simón Bolívar School ship was deployed, as well as an interceptor boat of the Coast Guard Command, which was manned by the director of the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Navy, Counter Admiral Pedro Elías González.
Additionally, MI-17 helicopter were deployed, coast-up patrol vessel Aviocar, and Su-30 MK2.
«Thanks to the support of our Victorias driver, commander in chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, [Nicolás Maduro] We have managed to achieve high rates of operational department, the increase in the well -being of our effective and efficient training levels, we do not rest in the mission of innovating, creating, producing and improving our maintenance processes through reverse engineering, tropicalization of spare parts and manufacturing of parts and parts, ”said the commander of the Bolivarian Navy, Admiral Ashraf Suleimán Gutiérrez.
