Venezuela accuses U.S. of waging ‘undeclared war’ in Caribbean: Video
Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez on Friday, September 19 accused the United States of carrying out an “undeclared war” in the Caribbean Sea, denouncing the deployment of U.S. warships and a series of deadly operations.
Speaking at a televised press conference in Caracas, Padrino said the American military presence threatened Venezuela and the wider region. “It is an undeclared war, and you can already see how people, whether they are drug traffickers or not, have been executed in the Caribbean Sea, executed without the right to a defence,” he said. “With so much technology and so much power and still not being able to intercept a boat in the aquatic spaces of the Caribbean Sea.”
The United States has stationed eight ships in the Caribbean, saying the operations are part of efforts to combat transnational drug trafficking. Since September, U.S. forces have destroyed three vessels allegedly used for smuggling, leaving 14 people dead, according to Washington.
Padrino urged Venezuela’s Armed Forces and the Popular Military Police Union to raise their readiness in the face of what he described as a direct military threat. “We must face the threat wherever it comes from, with whatever characteristics it may have, in the place that they choose, on the terrain they choose,” he said.
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