Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro addressed the intense psychological warfare the country has experienced in recent months, amidst the multifaceted aggression waged by the United States government, led by Donald Trump.
“We have lived through 22 weeks of aggression that can be described as psychological terrorism,” the president stated in his address. The head of state delivered his address from the Miraflores Complex in Caracas, where he received the Comprehensive Bolivarian Community Commands (CCBI) following a massive march held as part of their swearing-in ceremony.
“Peace and national unity reign in Venezuela,” the president emphasized regarding the situation in the country this Monday, December 1st. He highlighted that “the people are organized and prepared to continue winning peace by building the nation” during the coordinated march to swear in the community commands, an initiative that transformed into a massive mobilization in the streets of Caracas.
The president noted that for 22 weeks, the people have also been mobilized, with “the people going to the barracks,” where new militiamen and women enlisted, “because where the people can, the nation grows.” During this period, popular, military, and police exercises were carried out “that have placed Venezuela at a level of comprehensive defense capability never before seen,” aimed at defending sovereignty and guaranteeing stability for future generations.
The mobilization, which filled the avenues of Caracas, was attended by several Venezuelan leaders and governors.
The president stated that the threats from the United States have not succeeded in derailing Venezuela, “they will never derail us from the path of building the powerful nation that this people deserves.” The people responded with chants of not wanting to be a colony and declaring their desire “to be a Latin American power.”
These statements come after US President Donald Trump announced the closure of airspace over Venezuela on Saturday, November 29, using the fight against drug trafficking as a pretext. This measure comes in addition to the significant military deployment in the Caribbean Sea, where the U.S. Navy has stationed a strike group comprised of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, a nuclear submarine, and more than 16,000 troops.
In response, the Venezuelan government denounced Trump’s announcement regarding the closure of its airspace as “a new, extravagant, illegal, and unjustified act of aggression” in an official statement last Saturday. This Sunday, Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, emphasized that “Venezuelan airspace is under the direct jurisdiction of the Bolivarian Government,” highlighting the measures taken in defense of national sovereignty.
Meanwhile, since September, the U.S. Armed Forces have intensified their operations in the Caribbean and the Pacific under the pretext of combating drug trafficking, sinking at least 22 speedboats and killing more than 80 people. U.S. media outlets have repeatedly reported the possibility of U.S. attacks against Venezuela in the near future.
IMAGE CREDIT: “Peace and national unity reign in Venezuela,” the president emphasized regarding the situation in Venezuela on December 1st. (Photo: Presidential Press Office)
[ SOURCE: teleSUR ]
