The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, rejected on Monday that the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissssar, threatens to “authorize attacks against Venezuela” and said that relations of respect must be imposed, amid the military deployment of the United States in the Caribbean.
«The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago She went crazy, threatening that from Trinidad and Tobago she will authorize attacks against Venezuela, declaring Venezuela almost war. I am sure that the people of Trinidad and Tobago are against, completely, we are neighboring countries, ”he said to national and international media from Caracas.
The Head of State highlighted the history that relates Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago, ensuring that “the life of the Caribbean seas and the coasts of the Sucre and Trinidad and Tobago state has been cooperation, brotherhood”, until the arrival of Kamla Persad-Bisssessar.
“Never a ruler of Trinidad and Tobago had never dared to threaten Venezuela with a war,” he said and questioned who is behind this action and intrigue, mentioning the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, “the lord of death and war calls him now. Where to pass there is death, there are bombs, there are killed children »
«Trinidad and Tobago, all its social, political, cultural, economic sectors and their people have to impose respect again. They have to impose respect relationships and we will see, ”he emphasized.
In addition, he guaranteed that the country has defense plans and that the armed force has already announced part of that. “Venezuela can have the absolute security that we are going to guarantee our sovereignty and preserve the peace of our country,” he said.
I reject the statements of the governor of Puerto Rico
President Maduro also referred to the statements made by the governor of Puerto RicoJenniffer González, before the deployment of F-35 combat aircraft ordered by the US.
The president indicated that according to the governor, “the entire island of Puerto Rico ready to invade Venezuela, it is what the governor says, and that they have 100 F35 airplanes, that they will bomb us, and that they have I do not know how many thousands and thousands of soldiers.”
He questioned whether the governor plans to reach the country “in a destroyer of those to land in La Guaira, I imagine that in Macuto.”
Previously, the Head of State spoke on the subject and words of the governor on Puerto Rico being “base for a military operation against Venezuela, adding to a military plan.”
