{"id":260886,"date":"2017-09-27T14:41:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T18:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=260886"},"modified":"2020-12-17T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:53:28","slug":"tanks-missiles-must-be-at-ready-amid-threats-by-us-criminal-empire-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/tanks-missiles-must-be-at-ready-amid-threats-by-us-criminal-empire-maduro\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tanks & missiles must be at ready\u2019 amid threats by US \u2018criminal empire\u2019 \u2013 Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Absolutely right! He should offer Russia and China to have military bases in Venezuela to make sure the US is not attacking.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, has urged the national armed forces \u201cbe at ready\u201d to defend the country\u2019s sovereignty and people amid threats by US.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been blatantly threatened by the most criminal empire in the history of mankind,\u201d Maduro said, referring to the US.<\/p>\n

The Venezuelan leader delivered a speech at the military parade held at the El Libertador air base in Aragua state in commemoration of the establishment of the Operational Strategic Command of the Venezuelan armed forces.<\/p>\n

He went on to say that the Venezuelan Army has to guarantee the protection and \u201chave the rifles, the missiles and the well-oiled tanks at the ready\u201d to protect \u201cevery inch of the national territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The future of humanity \u201ccannot lie in the threats of nuclear strikes or military invasions,\u201d the Venezuelan leader said in his speech on Tuesday. Instead, international relations should be based on \u201crespect and solidarity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maduro also said that his country \u201cdoes not bomb anyone or interfere in the internal affairs of any country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments come amid a considerable low between the two countries. The tension peaked following the election of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly in July. The US called the elections illegitimate, accusing the Venezuelan leadership of \u201cundermined democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though the elections were held following months of street protests and clashes, over 8 million people participated in them, casting their votes for the 545 candidates tasked with drafting a new constitution. Amid the protests, Maduro as well as other officials claimed the unrest had been partly fueled by the US.<\/p>\n

Following the polls, the US imposed several rounds of sanctions against Venezuela, particularly targeting the energy sector of the oil-rich country. Most recently, US President Donald Trump added the South American country to a new travel ban along with North Korea, citing a\u00a0\u201cterrorism threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Trump also called on the EU to join in imposing sanctions on the Maduro government. The US actions provoked an angry reaction in Venezuela, which called Washington\u2019s move\u00a0\u201cpolitical and psychological terrorism\u201d\u00a0and a new act of\u00a0\u201caggression.\u201d<\/p>\n

Venezuela’s foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, slammed Trump in a Twitter\u00a0post, accusing him of\u00a0\u201cdedicating himself obsessively to attacking Venezuela\u201d\u00a0instead of addressing the needs of people in storm-stricken Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

He also\u00a0criticized\u00a0the US president for his\u00a0\u201cinterventionist position and support for violent elements and extremists in Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/404791-maduro-tanks-threats-us\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: Absolutely right! He should offer Russia and China to have military bases in Venezuela to make sure the US is not attacking.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":287362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}