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Nicolás Maduro called on the military to "not let down the guard", echoing press reports in the US that "in August 2017, his counterpart Donald Trump spoke of the possibility of invading the Venezuela. " You can not lower your guard for a second because we will defend the greatest right that our country has in all its history (…) it is to live in peace", said Maduro at a ceremony of promotions of generals and admirals.
The president cited information from the American press that Trump asked several of his foreign policy advisers in August about the possibility of invading the South American country.
The proposal was made " meeting on the sanctions " that Washington imposed on the Maduro government, "said CNN citing a senior government official."
However, " Trump's advisers rejected the idea as well as other Latin American leaders who allegedly told Trump that they did not want to see an American invasion, "added the channel. # 39; information.
Maduro argued that these versions proved the veracity of his allegations he plans to attack Venezuela militarily to seize his vast reserves of crude oil.
"Chance? This is not a coincidence" said the president, indicating that Trump's question to his advisers came "after a visit by Venezuelan opponents to the White House."
"It will never be an intervention of the American empire – a solution to the problems of Venezuela, never, but our armed force (…) has the responsibility to be ready to defend the national territory in all the conditions we have to defend it, "said the president.
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