Developments in Venezuela

U.S RECEIVES MAJOR WARNING: More Russian Forces Will Arrive In Venezuela

Fort Russ,

4 April, 2019

CARACAS – Venezuelan Vice Chancellor Yván Gil has stated that Russian military specialists will remain in Venezuela as long as necessary, there are no concrete deadlines.

Moreover, he explained that the arrival of new Russian military groups in Venezuela under existing military agreements is more than likely.

“They will remain in Venezuela for as long as it takes to keep all military equipment in operational condition, but there are no concrete deadlines, and new military missions will probably arrive under previously signed agreements,” said Yván Gil.

The diplomat stressed that the country’s government is ready to defend itself against external or internal aggression and that the opposition causes less and less agitation on the streets.

“The opposition’s demonstrations are getting smaller and smaller, they have less and less support from the people. Venezuela is ready to repel an internal or external aggression. The presence of the opposition in the streets does not worry us because it is less and less numerous,” he said on the sidelines of the Russian-Venezuelan business forum at the 14th Russia-Venezuela Intergovernmental Meeting.

On March 23, Russian military planes An-124 and Il-62 arrived at Simón Bolívar International Airport on the outskirts of Caracas with a group of Russian military experts, something that was criticized by the United States.

Vice President Mike Pence called the step “undesirable provocation,” while US President Donald Trump said “Russia must leave” Venezuela, adding that all options are being evaluated.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Russian military experts are legally in Venezuela to participate in the maintenance of Russian military equipment previously supplied to that country.

President Trump’s advisor to Economic Policy and director of the US National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, said Washington was considering injecting cash dollars into Venezuela if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime fell.

During an event held Wednesday in Washington, Larry said that the United States has met with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó to develop a rescue and economic restructuring plan in the country so that it can be initiated immediately if Maduro resigns or is ousted, Bloomberg said.

However it is highly unlikely that Maduro will be ousted.

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Venezuelan Armed Forces have been placed on alert to pre-empt potential “unconventional” warfare actions by the US, which seeks to overthrow the government with attacks on public services, the country’s president Nicolas Maduro stressed.

“Venezuela is demonstrating to the world that it is a testing ground for new cybernetic, electromagnetic war weapons and a new war strategy, which is not the direct invasion or bombing by missiles, but the bombing of vital public services,” the president said.

Maduro added that the situation in the country remains “serious” amid continued blackouts.

He said that the US-backed opposition is participating  in “criminal plans” to take advantage of such a scenario of chaos to assassinate him and other loyal supporters. Maduro also said there are also plans to “attack military units.”

The president revealed that he had placed the intelligence and counterintelligence bodies on highest alert. He also called on the mobilized 51,000 popular defense units, comprising some 2.1 million volunteers, to help the military deal with potential threats.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, Russian Foreign Minitser Sergey Lavrov said that the situation over Venezuela will not escalate into a new Caribbean Crisis or turn the country into “a second Syria.”

“We don’t accept the methods, with which the US is trying to improve the life of the Venezuelan people,” Lavrov said.

The foreign minister added that even those countries on the continent that oppose Maduro and want a snap election in Venezuela got “really stressed out” over US threats to use force against Venezuela.

“I guarantee you that if there’ll be an attempt of a military intervention, the vast majority of Latin American states will outright reject it,” he said.

“I don’t think that the Caribbean Crisis will be recreated,” Lavrov stressed adding that “there can also be no talk about ‘a second Syria’ in Venezuela.”