He President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced last Monday the start -up of a Security Plan which included the mobilization of 4.5 million military throughout the country. The announcement coincided with the increase au $ 50 million of the reward offered by USA to those who contribute Information that allows your capture.
“This week I will activate a special plan to guarantee coverage with more than 4.5 million militiamen throughout the national territory, ”Maduro declared on a television broadcast.
The Chavista leader said the civil forces They had to stay “Prepared, activated and armed”although he did not detail in what areas they would concentrate.
The conflict climbed internationally
The deployment occurred in the midst of an increase in international pressure. Washington shipment 4,000 Marine infants and other military units to Caribbean and Latin America To combat drug cartels, with support of aircraft, ships and launching systems, they reported.
The United States Attorney General, Pam Bondisaid they were recently seized US $ 700 million in goods linked to Maduro, accused of drug trafficking. These accusations went back to the first mandate of Donald Trumpwhen the Los Soles posterallegedly led by officials of the Venezuelan regime.
“The peace plan consists of deploying all militia capacity in the territory and by sectors, Establish the capacity of the Bolivarian National Militia In all the territories of the country, ”explained the president, without specifying the distribution mechanism.
Accusations against external actors
In his speech, Maduro also pointed against foreign organizations. Accused the Rosa Luxembourg Foundationbased in Germany, to finance sectors that, according to him, “were once left or simulate” in order to weaken Chavism from the inside.
“Be very careful with the entrustism, divisionism and the little e´rial (money) that put the European powers and imperialism to deal with a leftist speech, try to horant the popular union that we must permanently solidify with the truth, with work, with the fight, with sacrifice And with the solutions of the problems of our people, ”he warned.
The president said that these groups They passed by Chavistas for years and that are currently under investigation.
The accusations against foreign organizations were added to previous complaints. He August 11Maduro said that various NGOs identified as Chavistas received financing from the State Departmentthe USAID and the INCwith the alleged objective of “Wash your face” to those who described as “terrorists” responsible for the “destruction” registered after the presidential elections of the July 28, 2024.
Internal and external context
The deployment of militiamen occurred in a national stage marked by the political, economic and social crisisin addition to constant complaints of human rights and corruption violations.
The measure represented a direct response from Maduro in front of the US military reinforcement in the region and the intensification of diplomatic pressure. Washington, meanwhile, sought to send a message of support to the Venezuelan population and at the same time exhibit a greater determination in its strategy against the Chavista regime.
Source: Ambito
