US EditionMaduro Mobilizes Civilian Militias as US Warships Patrol Caribbean
Venezuela deployed 2,500 troops, 12 naval vessels, and trained thousands of civilians in response to US naval presence amid rising tensions in the Caribbean.
- Venezuela will hold a National Civil Protection Drill on Saturday, September 27, to test readiness for natural disasters or armed conflict across the country.
- The drill follows recent seismic events exceeding magnitude 6.0 and a US military deployment near Venezuela, which has raised fears of invasion and regime change.
- The exercise will include Civil Protection, police forces, military personnel, schools, hospitals, and health centers, alongside the activation of a government mandate that establishes a state of external emergency, granting special powers to manage the situation.
- In recent weeks, U.S. military personnel have eliminated a minimum of three vessels believed to be involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean, resulting in the deaths of more than a dozen individuals—actions that UN experts have condemned as extrajudicial killings amid rising regional tensions.
- President Nicolas Maduro is considering invoking emergency powers, while rights groups fear such decrees could limit freedoms amid ongoing political unrest since his disputed 2024 re-election.
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