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They constitute the hard core, the last line of defense. And if they say ready for any scenario.
Now that many in Venezuela are demanding the departure of Nicolas Maduro from power and that pressure from the United States and its allies to achieve this goal is intensifying, they are opposed to it. they call an "imperialist aggression".
These are "collectives", groups that have proliferated with official support throughout Venezuela since Hugo Chávez came to power.
The opposition and critics of Chávez accuse them of acting as paramilitary outlaw groups to impose social control over the poorest areas.
They define themselves as "social movements" that contribute to the development of government badistance programs and fuel the revolutionary flame in neighborhoods.
They clearly indicate that they will use weapons to prevent any attempt to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro.
On the eve of the March 23rd march by the opposition demanding the resignation of Maduro, BBC News Mundo, the BBC's Spanish service, met with three group leaders in the United States. One of the places where they normally meet, center of Caracas.
Surrounded by images of Hugo Chávez, virgins and saints, Venezuelan flags and posters depicting the face of Venezuelan political leader Simón Bolívar – a decisive figure in the process of independence of Spanish rule in Spain – they have spoken out on the country's institutional crisis since the president of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, said he was "outgoing president" and called for "the end of the usurpation" of power accused by Maduro.
They think that Venezuela will probably be the scene of a war. And they say that they are ready for it.
At 47 years old and father of 3 children, this ex-soldier who prefers not to reveal the real name but calls himself "Subero", an ex-soldier willing to "fight to the death" ", says that he is ready to fight in what he calls another battle for the Bolivarian revolution.
Subero was, second narrative, one of the military In 1992, he was one of the army officers who , in 1992, had participated in the revolutionary movement led by Hugo Chavez against the president of the time. Carlos Andrés Pérez.
Like Chávez, Subero is among those who ended up in prison because of his failed rebellion.
Now he heads the collective of February 4, named after the date of this rebellion, the founding emblem of Chavismo.
Chavez's biography and his project, which is currently experiencing the worst economic difficulties and international diplomatic pressure against the Maduro government, are tattooed.
For him, Venezuela lives "a situation caused by external powers" and relies on good friends in the opposition.
He thinks that an invasion of Venezuela is imminent and in this scenario he declares himself "ready for war".
But he makes distinctions: "I am ready to shoot ourselves from the outside, not to shoot in the people."
Jorge Navas says that he's fought for his ideals of left in many parts of the country.
Jorge Navas, a veteran ready to be "the nightmare of gringos"
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Now he is determined to do it too in Venezuela, where he believes in the likelihood of a "conflict with many victims".
He explains his point of view in a community space, while an old television broadcast live on the public television channel badembly in which Diosdado Cabello, the number two in the chavist hierarchy (behind Maduro), was trying to ignite a crowd of people. government.
The words of one and the other almost overlap.
The government has been warning for days that an "international operation" is ongoing and is calling supporters to the resistance.
Navas is one of those who will attend these calls and will find encouraging precedents in history.
"Vietnam is a nightmare in the US Who said Venezuela could not be the new Vietnam?"
His thesis is that "Venezuela has many forests and gringos can not win in guerrilla warfare".
He tells how he will prepare for the armed conflict.
"We are militiamen and when the time comes, we will take up arms," he says.
Navas guarantees that he will give everything in a possible fight.
"I would give my life for the Bolivarian ideal, more than anything for dignity, not to humiliate me in front of the Americans."
& # 39; The Shadow & # 39; and his "fight to the death" to defend the legacy of Chavez
The collective to which he belongs belongs in the name of the decree by which the liberator Simon Bolivar in 1813 called for a merciless struggle that would lead to the independence of Venezuela.
is known as "War to Death".
And for that, fight to the death, "Shadow" – who prefers not to reveal his full name – would also be ready.
In addition to working in "social struggles", he works in the security sector.
Although he is willing to take up arms, he says that He prefers that the situation be solved peacefully. "We want things to be resolved through dialogue."
Sombra says that "i Separate deologies "may coexist in Venezuela, but it requires respect for what Venezuelans have expressed in the polls," he said.
"My vote is valid and I want Chavez's legacy to remain with President Nicolás Maduro," he said, referring to the controversial presidential elections of 2018 in which Maduro was re-elected. Most members of the opposition did not want to participate in the vote, saying it was a fraud. Neither the United States nor the European Union acknowledged the results because they did not give the necessary badurances.
Shadow does not doubt that "Maduro is the constitutional president" of his country and believes that the current problems of his "beautiful homeland" are due to the fact that "many have not learned the lessons of the great legacy left by the eternal commander ".
Shadow is in no doubt: "Of course, I would give my life to the revolution."
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