Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says ready to defend “sovereignty” while the American soldiers deploy warships near the country's territorial waters.
Posted on August 29, 2025
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said that there were “no means” of American troops could invade your country As the tension increases with Washington and a US Naval Force accumulates In the south of the Caribbean near the territorial waters of Venezuela.
“There is no way that they can enter Venezuela,” said Maduro on Thursday, saying that his country was well prepared to defend its sovereignty while American warships arrive in the region in a so-called operation against the Latin American drug cartels.
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“Today, we are stronger than yesterday. Today, we are more ready to defend peace, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” said Maduro Speech to the troopsAccording to the Venezuela news agency managed by the state.
Maduro comments on as an ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, met the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres to protest against American military construction.
“It is a massive propaganda operation to justify what experts call kinetic action – which means military intervention in a country which is a sovereign and independent country and does not threaten anyone,” said Moncada to journalists after meeting Guterres.
“They say they send a nuclear submarine … I mean, it's ridiculous to think that they are fighting against drug trafficking with nuclear submarines,” said the ambassador.
Earlier Thursday, Admiral Daryl Claude, the head of naval operations of the American navy, confirmed that American warships had been deployed in waters off South America, invoking concerns that some Venezuelans participated in large -scale drug operations.
Seven American warships, as well as a quick nuclear propulsion attack submarine, were either in the region or were to be there in the coming week, the Reuters news agency told.
More than 4,500 American soldiers, including some 2,200 navies, are also on board ships in an operation which was launched after the Trump administration accused Maduro and other members of its government of links with cocaine traffic.
Venezuela responded to American threats by sending warships and drones to patrol and launch a drive to recruit thousands Militia members to strengthen domestic defenses.
Caracas also deployed 15,000 soldiers at its borders with Colombia to suppress drug trafficking and other criminal gangs.
Maduro thanked Colombia for having sent 25,000 additional soldiers to the Colombia-Venezuela border on Thursday to tackle the “Narco-terrorist gangs,” said Venezuela news agency.
While the United States has made no public threat to invade Venezuela, Trump's threats against the country mainly focused on its powerful criminal gangs, in particular the Cartel of Los de la Cocaine, which the Trump administration has appointed a terrorist organization and accused Maduro of directing.
Maduro, in turn, accused Washington, who offers a reward of $ 50 million for his capture on alleged drugs in terms of drugs, of seeking to implement a change of diet in Venezuela.
