Venezuelan Militia: the Volkssturm by Nicolás Maduro

The Volkssturm ("forces of badault of the people") was the militia nazI, created in the last days of the German regime, under the orders of the head of the SS Heinrich Himmler. Desperate attempt to prevent the advance of the Allies and the Red Army to Berlin: Hitler insisted on charging the recruits with Nazi fanaticism to fight until annihilation. And this was the result: hundreds of thousands of people died in the streets.

To the militia formed by Nicolás Madurowhich operates under the command of the Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino Lópezwe breathe the same patriotic and nationalist air. And like the Nazi Volkssturm, it fulfills the double function of shock force and domestic espionage service, like the Cuban defense committees, designating the traitors of the revolution.

Social control "If they dare to invade us, they will find a mobilized and trained people ready to defend with their blood every inch of Venezuela, "threatened Maduro. A few weeks ago, he attributed the mbadive power outage nationwide to a US-initiated cathode ray attack. But it is in fact the fear of the Madurai following an internal and popular uprising, coming from the poorest neighborhoods of Caraca.s, in that it transformed the militia into an effective method of social control.

Initially trained with brooms (they now have weapons and training in Russian, provided by Vladimir Poutine) The body of one million people initially created by Hugo Chávez to militarize the population of Caracas, now raises to two million according to the promise of his heir. And under the specter of a hypothetical foreign invasion and vows to die for the Bolivarian revolution, the body is actually used to monitor neighbors, expropriated companies and hold political rallies.

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The khaki uniform they wear is the most discredited of all those in Venezuela: they are seen as informers serving the regimeAnd the videos that become viral in WhatsApp show them as a lame troupe that scrolls with brooms.

For those who enlist, the militia functions as a gigantic placement agency and the fastest way to access social plans. JUnemployed, unemployed, housewives, fanatics of the Bolivarian cause or nostalgic for the "eternal commander" join weekly military bases to win 18,000 bolivars, less than six dollars per month that in all cases exceed the Venezuelan minimum wage.

For the food. According to Datbadisis, Maduro has only 14% support, against more than 60% Juan Guaidówho has been stripped of parliamentary privilege and is now threatening to take it over. Maduro's key to maintaining power with then more and more the army, the militias and the collectives. The Bolivarian Armed Forces, led by General Vladimir Padrino López, have 140,000 members who have remained loyal thanks to the appointments. (Venezuela has more general than NATO) and business: the army runs from oil exploration to food traffic, hotels and the national airline.

The last line of defense is the "collectives", the hooded paramilitary groups that sow terror wherever they occur. Very effective in dissolving riots when the police are overwhelmed, as was the case in Ureña, on the border with Colombia, during the attempt to introduce "humanitarian aid" by Guaidó.

In the middle, the militia "civicomilitar", the militias, raises the resistance: according to the Bolivarian dialectic, after the coup of 2002, thousands of people descended from the hills to the palace of Miraflores, Chávez realized that it was not enough to trust the army, so it was necessary to train the population in shooting tasks, national thought or military discipline.

These are the tentacles of the Bolivarian regime in the depths of neighborhoods to denounce the "traitors to the motherland", in exchange for food boxes called CLAPS (Local Committee of Supply and Production). Y The people responsible for having won the street face a possible popular uprising such as that which could arise if Juan Guaidó was arrested.or

"If I'm imprisoned, it will be Maduro's last mistake," said Guaidó, who lost parliamentary immunity this week. "I think there would be a popular uprising," he said.

In half light. A week ago, Maduro insisted on strengthening the power of the militia and adding it officially to the security forces. "I have ordered to incorporate militia and militia as active officers and soldiers of our glorious #FANB. If we want peace, let's prepare to defend it! ", He writes on his Twitter account." The Bolivarian militia has a habit of pronouncing a speech of intimidation and filling Maduro's speeches, "said Rocío San Miguel, author of the most comprehensive report on the Venezuelan Armed Forces. According to San Miguel, the actual number of militia does not even reach the one million people that Maduro counts. And its size, "permanently", is 20,000 people, although very effectively deployed in the 335 municipalities of Venezuela. "What's happening is that the officials are trained and are therefore counted as militiamen," he says, "but the rest is overseeing the hospitals and adding them to the management of the war systems is irresponsible ".

"Let's continue to support this freight management plan to get our country back in peace. the social movements, the collectives, the UBCH (Units of Battle Bolivar Chávez), as well as the militia, we will defend the peace in each quarter ", supported Maduro this week on TV, in a show with half a country in the dark and demonstrations in the streets.

While part-time work and schools remain closed, the government is trying to keep the lock with the police, groups and militias.

Rationing, paramilitary and a barrier that tries to divert attention in the midst of power outages that have again left their citizens without transportation or water service: they repeated in Caracas and at the same time. Inside the long lines to fill the buckets with a tap it flows.

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