What is the Bolivarian militia activated by Maduro before the military deployment of the United States near Venezuela?

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The Chavista ordered Execute “tasks” against “the renewal of extravagant, bizarre and bizarre threats” of the United States against Venezuela.

The tension between USA and Venezuela began to climb in June, when the president’s administration Donald Trump included al Los Soles Cartel in its list of terrorist organizations.

Washington accuses the Los Soles Cartel to flood the United States of cocaine. Its designation as a terrorist organization opens the door to the use of military force in direct operationsenables the judicial persecution of any person or entity that collaborates with them, authorizes immediate financial sanctions and the freezing of assets in any ally country, in addition to facilitating the extradition of its members.

For the United States, Maduro and the military dome, in addition to senior officials of the Chavista regime, are the leaders of the Los Soles Cartel.

In addition, at the beginning of this month, The Trump administration doubled the reward it offers for the capture of Maduro up to 50 million dollars for its supposed links with drug trafficking.

In recent days it was reported that USA sent to the Caribbean, near Venezuelathree destroyers with combat systems Aegis “The USS Serly, USS Jass Dunham and Uss Sampson,” in addition to some 4,000 military. The official version indicates that this deployment has to do with the Fight drug trafficking.

A nuclear submarine, P8 Poseidon recognition aircraft, several destroyers and a war ship equipped with missiles have also been assigned to this mission.

He South Command of the United States leads the mission, which is planned to extend by several months.

On Tuesday, when answering a question about military deployment, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavittsaid that The United States is prepared to “use all your power” to stop “drug flow to your country.”

He also said that President Trump “is prepared” to stop drug trafficking and “Bring those responsible to justice.”

“The regime of (Nicolás) Maduro is not the legitimate government of Venezuela. It is a drug trafficking cartelaccording to the opinion of this administration. Maduro is not a legitimate president. He is a fugitive leader of this CtoRTELaccused in the US of drug trafficking to the country “Leavitt said.

What is the Bolivarian militia?

The Venezuelan political scientist Luis Nunes He said to Commerce that the figure of militias has been present in different revolutions, such as that of Cuba Since 1959 to defend the revolution, which even had international arms like when he supported Angola Already other countries to consolidate communist blocks.

In the case of Venezuelathe Militia has its origins In 2005, when the government of Hugo Chávez He created the General Command of the National Reserve and Mobilization, as a personal army to defend the Bolivarian Revolution.

In 2008 it was officially called Bolivarian National Militiaby presidential decree. A year later, Chávez consolidated the body by ordering that it is a Special FANB component.

After Chávez’s death in 2013, Ripe He started using the militia as a pillar of his internal defense strategy. Thus, in him 2017in the midst of the political crisis and mass protests of the opposition, ordered its extension and promoted mass recruitment.

In 2020, the National Constituent Assembly He formally incorporated the Bolivarian militia as a component of the FANB.

In this way, it became the fifth component of the FANB, together with the army, the Navy, the Aviation and the National Guard.

Officially, the mission of the militia is to train and organize the people for the integral defense of the homeland, complementing the FANB, and contribute to the maintenance of internal order, national security, defense and integral development.

With Ripethe militia received not only military functions, but also of territorial control, protection of social programs, support for food distribution in communities, and even used it in electoral processes.

The militia has two levels: the National Reserve (citizens outside active duty) and territorial militia (territorially organized volunteer citizens). It has various modalities such as peasant, student, workers and female militia, in addition to a popular navy created in 2013.

The militiamen have been trained in the use of anti-aircraft systems such as the IGLA-S and S-125 Pechora. In recent parades they have been seen carrying old FAL and Mosinagant rifles.

According to official statements, in 2019 there were 3.3 million militiamen, in 2020 the militia reached 4.15 million and in 2022 Ripe He claimed to have 4.5 million, of which 700,000 would be active with rifle in hand, according to the medium Talcual.

However, for the political scientist Nunes It is a lie that there are millions of militiamen. “At most they will have some hundreds of defenders of Chavismo, wins paid, many of them older people with rifles that are even wooden ”.

Nunes said that what was stated by Maduro about the deployment of 4.5 million militiamen “is a smoke curtain, a joke”.

“Maduro cannot speak of 4.5 million militiamen when he knows that he lost the last elections for more than 80% of votes ”he said.

“It is pure story that leaves the regime well ridiculous, such as explosive findings and frustrated attacks that Diosdado Cabello speaks, all that is a montage of themselves, a very Cuban narrative,” He said.

On the true objective of the military deployment of USA nearly VenezuelaNunes said they have informed him that Maduro’s regime is very sought.

He added that the United States has given him Ripe One last chance to negotiate his departure from power, but the Chavista rejected the offer.

“I understand that China and Russia have their finger lowNunes emphasized.

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