In Face of US 'Threat,' How Does Venezuela's Military Stack Up?
- Venezuela has around 340,000 soldiers and a mix of military equipment, including Russian fighter jets and Iranian drones.
- Experts indicate that Venezuela would face significant disadvantages if the U.S. invaded, citing an ill-disciplined military and outdated weapons.
- President Nicolas Maduro claims the country is ready for "a period of armed struggle in defense of the national territory" against a U.S. attack.
- An invasion by the U.S. is widely regarded as unlikely, according to various assessments.
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In face of US 'threat,' how does Venezuela's military stack up?
With an ill-disciplined military and an outdated arsenal, Venezuela would be at a serious disadvantage in the event of an American invasion, experts say.
By CNN en Español The Venezuelan government again cast doubt on the military attack announced by the United States against a vessel allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean and criticized what it considers the "murder" of 11 people who, according to Washington, died in the operation. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said that the action, under the guise of combating drug trafficking, is "the latest thing they've invented" in th…
Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, said on the night of September 3 that the anti-narcotics deployment announced Tuesday by U.S. President Donald Trump, and that he would have left 11 Venezuelan drug traffickers dead “is unconvincing.”
Heading Towards Invasion? The US Empire’s Campaign Against Venezuela - Venezuelanalysis
José Luis Granados Ceja of Venezuelanalysis joined Jared Ware of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism to discuss the latest US military escalation against Venezuela and the US strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean. The conversation examines the longstanding, and now intensifying, accusations leveled by the U.S. State Department and Department of Justice against President Nicolás Maduro as part of Washington’s ongoing regime…
Russian fighters, Iranian drones, French tanks and an old German submarine: Venezuela has 343,000 “men and women in arms” and a long-standing arming in its Armed Forces to face a – very unlikely yet – invasion of the United States. President Nicolás Maduro denounces “the greatest threat that has been seen in our continent in the last 100 years” following the mobilization of U.S. warships to the Caribbean for operations against drug trafficking. …
Trump: “Venezuela created a tremendous problem for us...we’re not going to tolerate it”Russian troops, Iranian drones, French tanks, and an old German submarine: Venezuela has 343,000 “men and women in arms” and a long-standing arming in its Armed Forces to face a – very unlikely yet – invasion of the United States. President Nicolás Maduro denounces “the greatest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years” following the mo…
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