The warning of the elder brother of Hugo Chavez: "If we must take the guns, we will take them"

CARACAS.- The elder brother of Hugo Chávez is the new defender of

Nicolás Maduro.

In the middle of
crisis after the taking over of the Bolivarian's second term, the fraudulent election denunciations and the swearing-in of
opponent

Juan Guaidó

as president, Adán Chávez said he is ready to "take" the rifles to defend himself
Venezuela

"We are ready, willing and willing … to face on the necessary ground the attempts of the empire and its allies to invade us, to start a war on our territory, if we are to take the rifles, we will take them, which no one doubts, "said Adán Chávez, former government minister of his late brother. "It's not what we want," he said.

Adán Chávez, a member of the ruling National Constituent Assembly (created by Maduro after the loss of parliament in the hands of the opposition), has expressed himself as his allies. As

Diosdado Cabello,

First vice-president of the United Socialist Party in Venezuela, in power, who warned to want to defend his "homeland".

"It is a territory that is respected (…) any military unit that tries to enter our territory will be repulsed and our territory will be defended by our national Bolivarian armed force, we have no doubt about it. subject, "said Cabello according to what was published by the newspaper
The world.

The president of the Constituent Assembly also met with Guaidó and told him not to forget that Chavismo has armed forces. "Look, Mr. Guaidó: you have not heard the whistling of a ball near you, you do not know what it feels like when a bullet hits three centimeters of a quarter of where you are (…) you do not have a clue what that means, "he said. "It's one thing to call the devil and another to see her come from there waddling," he added.

Cabello also said that the opposition "leaders" continued to "cheat" his supporters, making them believe that "now they will" after leaving Maduro. On Twitter, he cited the dates at which, according to him, the anti-Chavists have, unsuccessfully, made Venezuelans believe the possibilities of concretizing the end of the socialist-style revolution. "The leadership of the opposition is cheating on its people: 5ENE, 10ENE, 11ENE, 23ENE, 2FEB, 4FEB, now it's falling, humanitarian aid, it's time to take a break, the international support comes, c & o Is clear as the full moon: we will win! ", Released the leader.

President in charge

Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly, badumed the duties of the executive from 23 January until the "termination of the usurpation" of Maduro to the presidency, "a Transitional government and free elections "is obtained, as he discussed.

After that, he immediately received recognition from the United States and several Latin American countries, to which 19 days later, 19 additional members of the European Union were added.

Venezuela

it is plunged into a serious political, social and economic crisis, characterized by serious shortages of all kinds, in particular food products and medicines, and by an inflationary spiral that shatters the purchasing power of the population. According to the International Monetary Fund, inflation will end at 10 000 000% this year.

Yesterday, Guaidó has stepped up pressure for the entrance of humanitarian aid, challenging Maduro who considers that it is the beginning of a military intervention of the

United States

and approved the strategy of attention to the "humanitarian emergency situation", with collection centers in Colombia and Brazil as "first actions".

Maduro, for one, was adamant: "Here, in Venezuela, no one will enter, not even an invading soldier."

The United States, which does not exclude armed action in Venezuela, offered initial badistance of $ 20 million, Canada $ 40 million and the European Union $ 7.5 million. "Between 250,000 and 300,000 Venezuelans are at risk of dying, the first contribution is to this most vulnerable population," said Guaidó.

AFP and ANSA agencies