The Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, urged the United States on Friday to avoid the “calculation error” of “militarily assaulting Venezuela, alluding to the Naval deployment that Washington keeps close to its coastas part of the anti -drug fight.
“They do not make a calculation error when they decide to militarily assault the people of Venezuela, they do not make that mistake, they do not make that mistake,” said Padrino López in a video broadcast on social networks.
In the message, he urged what Chavismo calls “the imperialists” to “measure their actions well” and “think their decisions well.” He also said that the “Bolivarian path of dignity and independence of this homeland will not be interrupted by any force in the world.”
The warning occurs after Thursday, the Foreign and Defense Ministries alerted about an “illegal incursion of American combat combat” approximately 75 kilometers from their coasts. Both agencies pointed out that this action is part of a “harassment pattern that cannot be tolerated” and warned that Venezuela “will fully exercise their right to defense.”
They will file a complaint with the UN Secretary General
They demanded that the Secretary of War of the United States, Pete Hegseth, ceased “immediately” what they described from a “reckless, adventurous and warrior position.”
In response, the Chavista Executive announced that he will file a formal complaint with the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, the Security Council and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), in addition to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), with the objective that “the necessary measures that prevent the repetition of these illegal and dangerous actions” are adopted.
Padrino López had already denounced in an operational balance what he described as “military harassment” by US combat planes, specifically mentioning the presence of “class F-35” fighters parked in Puerto Rico, and said that these movements “do not intimidate” the country.
Nicolás Maduro convened for Saturday a special organizational day of “command, driving and communication” of the Armed Forces and the militia, in order to refine “even more all the territorial defense mechanisms.”
The United States has deployed in the Caribbean At least eight warshipsa rapid attack submarine of nuclear propulsion and more than 4,500 soldiers, in addition to having sent f-35B generation fighters to Puerto Rico.
