One day after Nicolás Maduro was ousted in a US operation, some Venezuelans gathered in Caracas to pledge their unyielding loyalty to the embattled president.
Amid the empty streets and closed companies, members of the pro-Maduro Venezuelan Bolivarian Militia might be seen carrying firearms and using bikes across the metropolis.
“We are trained and prepared to fight. We have already gone two days without sleep, and we are going to stay in the streets,” militia member Kelvin Maldonado informed NCS. “Let (Trump) not be mistaken, he is threatening a second attack on Venezuela, but they will not catch us off guard again.”
The militia was created in 2005 by the late President Hugo Chávez and formally established in 2010. It is a part of the nation’s typical navy group, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), and says that it goals to ensure the “comprehensive defense of the nation.”
Maduro supporters protested in some components of Caracas after the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) known as for an indication within the metropolis middle to demand the discharge of the Venezuelan chief and the primary woman, Cilia Flores.
The PSUV, in addition to the Venezuelan authorities, has described the seize of Maduro and Flores as “kidnapping.” President Donald Trump’s administration maintains that they had been detained to face drug trafficking expenses within the US.
Narcizo Torrealba, a Maduro supporter, informed NCS he believes that US leaders “want to steal Venezuela’s oil.”
“We are waiting for them here,” Torrealba mentioned. “The slogan is resistance and rebellion.”