Reuters: Venezuela stages military exercise to counter U.S. 'threat'
(Reuters) - Venezuela on Saturday staged a military exercise to counter an alleged U.S. threat, deploying soldiers and partisans across the country to march, man shoulder-fired missiles and defend an oil refinery from a simulated attack.
Socialist President Nicolas Maduro has framed recent U.S. sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials as a bid to topple him, and on Saturday his government mobilized 80,000 soldiers and 20,000 civilians as part of a 10-day military drill.
"The United States has declared Venezuela a threat," said General Vladimir Padrino, Venezuela's defense minister.
WNU Editor: Something to divert everyone's attention in Venezuela from the political problems and economic shortages that they are having.
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2 comments:
Military exercises cost money, which Maduro does not have.
Focus on the wrong issue and money squandered that could have been put to better use.
Maybe Maduro could take bookkeeping 99 (forget about bookkeeping 1010).
You beat me to it Aizino. Where did the money come from to pay for this exercise? Did it come from internal or external sources. A 10 day drill with 100,000 people and equipment would pay for a lot of toilet paper. Seems things got smellier in Venezuela.
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