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GatoGordo

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Sun Feb 18, 2018, 12:42 PM Feb 2018

Maduro prepares Venezuela for yet another fake imminent invasion [View all]

Maduro calls military exercises to "show that Venezuela is respected"
February 18, 2018

Caracas, Feb 17 (EFE) .- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called this Saturday for a new day of military exercises to "show the world" that his country "respects" and "is a territory of independence, of dignity and peace".



"I have ordered the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), together with our people in a civic-military union, to carry out the integral multidimensional defense operations of the territory of our country, the operations and military exercises Independencia 2018 on Saturday, February 24 and Sunday. February 25" said Maduro.

During the departure of an official cruise ship outside of Caracas, the head of state called the entire FANB, to join these operations with the citizens, the military reserve and the Bolivarian National Militia; composed of those who, without exercising the military profession, voluntarily express the desire to enter the body.

"We are going to fine tune the aim of all the teams, we are going to fine tune the movement of all the troops, we are going to fine-tune the movement of all the tanks, of all the missiles, planes, helicopters and above all we are going to fine-tune the aim of the national soul" He said.

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http://www.noticierodigital.com/2018/02/maduro-convoca-ejercicios-militares-demostrar-venezuela-se-respeta/

FANB (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana), GNB (Guardia Nacional Bolivariano), PNB (Policía Nacional Bolivariana), and SEBIN (Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional) are all Venezuelan agencies of state that serve the interests of The Revolution. They are not agencies that serve the Venezuelans. Nor the Constitution. You will notice, that these agencies do not have the name VENEZUELA in any of their titles... but instead BOLIVARIANA/BOLIVARIANO... the Chavista revolution. And there is only a Chavista militia... not a Venezuelan militia. Only Chavistas are given guns. (see picture above)

Maduro needs a distraction, and this "military parade" (sound familiar?) is another in the long list of foolish acts meant to divert attention from the massive humanitarian disaster that is Venezuela. Some even think that he might invade Guyana (Essequibo) as a means to precipitate armed action, as this is something that Maduro needs in order to save face.
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