Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is mobilizing troops and militias across the Caribbean coast, declaring his country “ready for combat” as tensions rise with the United States — which has deployed the largest military buildup in the region since the 1980s, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
According to the Journal, Maduro’s regime has activated both the Venezuelan armed forces and what he claims is a “millions-strong” civilian militia in what analysts say is a mix of propaganda and desperation.
State-run television, radio, and social media outlets have been saturated with images of Venezuelan men and women — some elderly and overweight — crawling under barbed wire, firing rifles, and pledging loyalty to the socialist government.
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