Maduro repudiated the eventual blockade of Venezuela and asked to prepare for a battle

The president warned Trump that "criminal imperialism can not with Venezuela" and called on the Bolivarian national armed forces, the Bolivarian Navy and the Venezuelan people to "prepare for a battle".

"Prepare for a battle if you intend to play forty against Venezuela, but no one is blocked by Venezuela, not a quarantine"he condemned.

The head of state stressed that "the seas of Venezuela will be free, sovereign and independent and that we will navigate them as we please".

"Venezuela, in civil-military union, repudiates and rejects the statements of Donald Trump on an alleged quarantine, on an alleged blockade"he said.

Maduro's statement came after Trump announced the possibility of imposing on the eve "a naval blockade and a quarantine against Venezuela" if the socialist leader does not give up power.

According to President Trump's statement reveals the "the despair, the irritation of the imperialist government of the United States in front of the dignity of a people like that of Venezuela standing and victorious".

"This says that Venezuela is on the right track, of dignity, of victory in victory, and that we continue to work, fight and denounce imperialism," he said.