Nicolás Maduro The Call for a day of enlistment of the “militia forces” For the weekend, like response to the patrol of US ships in the Caribbeannear the Venezuelan coasts.
“I have summoned for next Saturday and next Sunday, at the headquarters of military barracks, military units, central public squares, Bolívar squares and at the headquarters of the popular bases of comprehensive defense (…) to a process of national enlistment of all military forces, of the entire Bolivarian national militia”Maduro declared in a televised act in the company of members of that body, part of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB).
Expanded the call to militiamen, reservists and citizens interested in joining to the so -called National Plan for Sovereignty and Peace.
“As commander in chief I have considered necessary and timely that Saturday and Sunday we have this great day of enlistment and called to ranks of all militiamen, all the militia of the country, of all the reservists and of every citizen who wants to take a step forward to tell the imperialism enough of your threats, Venezuela rejects you, Venezuela wants peace, and if Venezuela wants peace, there will be peace,” there will be peace.he added.
Maduro reaffirmed that order to “defend the homeland” is already given.
Monday, ordered the deployment of 4.5 million militiamen throughout the territorymeasure that he adopted after the announcement of The United States to increase the reward for information that leads to its capture to $ 50 million.
On Tuesday, the spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavittsaid Washington is ready to “Use all your power” in order to stop the “drug flow to your country”which would imply the shipping ships and soldiers to Caribbean near Venezuela.
