El Mundo de España Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the air force to remain alert and ready, viewing US military deployments as a threat aimed at removing him from power. Speaking at an event, he expressed confidence in the air force’s ability to defend the nation’s rights and declared that Venezuela would achieve victory if it had to become “a republic in arms.” Maduro also criticized what he called “imperialist” foreign forces for threatening peace in the region and asserted that Venezuela’s will has not been broken by sanctions or psychological warfare, highlighting the people’s preparation for defense.

• Maduro ordered the Venezuelan air force to be “alert and ready” amidst tensions with the United States.
• He considers US military deployments a “threat” to remove him from power.
• Maduro expressed confidence in the air force’s ability to defend the nation’s rights and sovereignty.
• He stated that Venezuela would have “only one destiny: victory” if forced to become “a republic in arms.”
• Maduro criticized foreign “imperialist” forces for threatening peace in the Caribbean, Venezuela, and South America.
• He claimed that Venezuela’s will has not been broken by blockades, sanctions, or psychological warfare.
• Maduro referenced the public’s preparation for defense through civilian enlistment and military exercises.
• He highlighted Venezuela’s capacity for coordination, command, control, communication, and popular-military-police unity in defending peace.
• Maduro emphasized a “fabulous force of resistance” awakened in the people despite US “immoral pressures.”