The regime of President Nicolas Maduro, nervous about the arrival of the world’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. “Forms of armed and unarmed struggle” For the defense of Venezuela, including a general strike in case of an attack by the United States.
The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) issued a statement yesterday activating the Independence Plan 200, as soon as images of the US aircraft carrier’s arrival into the port went viral on social networks.
The plan includes “the large-scale deployment of land, air, sea, river, and missile means, weapons systems, military units, Bolivarian militias, national security agencies, and commands for comprehensive defense and people’s military integration, which will deploy a variety of missions in the task of confronting the imperial threat,” the FANB statement said.
President Maduro also hints at a general strikel In case of a US attack. “If imperialism carries out a coup, from the moment the operational order is issued, the Venezuelan working class will carry out a general strike without moving a single pin,” he said.
In a radio address, he said he had the support of “huge social forces” including workers, students, youth, farmers and the community sector. He contrasted this grassroots force with his opponents, pointing out that: “Anti-homeland rights have no domestic political power, no social power, no project, no leadership.”
His support has left “millions of Venezuelans trained in militias and motivated to defend their homeland in the event of a U.S. attack.” But analysts estimate that the announced deployment of 200,000 troops could amount to fewer than 60,000 uniformed members of the Army and National Guard, according to sources consulted by Reuters.
Also announced “armed and unarmed struggle”As the military statement states, this means that President Maduro has no intention of surrendering and intends to resist to the end under a mode of urban guerrilla warfare in the face of possible military intervention by the United States.
Maduro before the US aircraft carrier’s arrival in Puerto Rico He asserted that Chavismo was building strong social and political power. In recent years, it has been able to successfully fight back against “imperialist aggression.”
President Maduro has warned that any attempts to destabilize will be met by the organized working class. “If imperialism carries out a coup, from the moment the operational order is issued, the Venezuelan working class will launch a general strike in which not a single pin will move.”
The Chavismo government has fortified oil, refineries and energy facilities with military forces to protect against possible attacks. The same goes for ports and airports. The Caracas to La Guaira highway connects Simón Bolivar International Airport and Puerto La Guaira. Russian missile forces are also providing support. It refers to the north of the Caribbean Sea.
It also deploys fighter jets, a small number of Russian-made F-16s and Sukhois, tanks, missiles and drones to various airports. But it says nothing about the more than 1,000 secret airstrips used by the drug-trafficking mafia in drug distribution areas such as Bolívar, Carabobo, Lara, Tachira, Sucre and Apure.
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