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Maduro says mobilizing millions of militia after US 'threats'
- On August 19, 2025, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced he would activate a nationwide force of approximately 4.5 million militia personnel in response to escalating threats from the United States.
- This mobilization follows Washington’s increased anti-drug operations in the Caribbean and a doubled $50 million reward for Maduro’s arrest over drug trafficking accusations.
- Maduro framed the militia deployment as a defense of Venezuela’s sovereignty, integrating workers, farmers, and communities, while accusing the US of promoting a hostile narrative.
- The US has deployed about 4,500 personnel and three guided-missile destroyers near Venezuelan waters to support counter-narcotics efforts described as maritime security operations.
- The standoff reflects broader regional tensions with implications for political control and security, as Maduro rejects US allegations and claims over 80 percent Venezuelan support for stability.
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Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, announced Monday the deployment of 4.5 million militiamen throughout the country, ensuring that “no empire will touch the sacred soil of Venezuela,” and minimized the country’s “threats to peace,” after the United States doubled the reward for information that would facilitate the president’s arrest and increase the troops sailing in Latin America and the Caribbean. On Monday, Reuters reported that three de…
US destroyers head toward waters off Venezuela as Trump aims to pressure drug cartels
The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Donald Trump's effort to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels, according to a U.S. official briefed on the planning.The USS Gravely, the USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson are expected to arrive soon, said the official, who was not authorized to comment and spoke Tuesday on the condition of anonymity. A Defense Depar…
Beware, Nicolás Maduro: The United States will send three Aegis guided missile destroyers to waters near Venezuela in the next 36 hours to face what Washington considers a threat from drug cartels.Together with 4,000 sailors in the southern Caribbean region, several P-8 spy planes, warships and at least one attack submarine will be deployed.What are the U.S. destroyers that will be sent to Venezuela?The ships are the USS Gravely, the USS Jason D…
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