Nicolás Maduro's attempt to challenge Donald Trump in English: "Touch Venezuela! Immediately!"

"With Venezuela, do not get involved. Venezuela. Donald Trump, touches Venezuela. At once! "In this way, the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro He wanted to warn his American counterpart that "take out your hands"country" immediately. "

The president also called Tuesday "babyish"US foreign policy by commenting on the leak of a photo in which a note is seen in the National Security Advisor's pamphlet, John Bolton, which reads "5000 soldiers in Colombia"

"Yesterday, Mr. John Bolton left (…) with a file, a psychological war of children, with a file saying that we will send 5,000 soldiers to Colombia, it's the infantile way to lead a White House foreign policy"said Maduro, who accompanied Tuesday military exercises in the state of Aragua, in the center of the country.

He repeated that against his government "has been activated"a coup d'etat"ordered and prepared from Washington"and noted that about it"there is no doubt"

"A spooky state of affairs"he said, just look at it"divide the armed forces"for the country to be"occupied by the imperialist forces"

"In these circumstances, as commander-in-chief, I'm in charge of this battle we give and I will continue to fight this battle, "he said.

He repeated that other military exercises would be held from February 10 to 15 "ratify his supreme loyalty to the constitutional commander-in-chief"He is himself.

"We are in a period of victory, and the battle is decided by superiority and advantage in favor of the country.This battle is defined by superiority and moral advantage, by superiority and physical advantage, by superiority and legal advantage, constitutional, superiority and civic military advantage for the patriots, "he said.

Venezuela is immersed in a serious political crisis after the Speaker of the Parliament, Juan Guaidó, received on January 23 the powers of the executive as acting president, allowing him to consider that Maduro usurps the presidency to badume after a "fraudulent" election ".