The president of VenezuelaNicolás Maduro, signed this Monday a decree of external shock in the face of “threats” from the United States that “would be activated immediately” in the event of “any type of aggression,” according to the country’s executive vice president, Delcy Rodriguez.
The official explained that this decree “gives special powers to the head of state to act in defense and security matters“in case USA “dare to attack” Venezuela, since near the country’s waters, Trump maintains a military deployment to combat drug trafficking, something that Caracas denounces as a plan to provoke a “regime change“.
“What he does today United States Government and the warlord Marco Rubio against Venezuela is a threat prohibited by the Charter of the United Nations,” Rodríguez detailed.
According to the vice president, in the scenario of aggression, Maduro would also have “special powers” to immediately and militarily take over the public service infrastructureas well as the hydrocarbon industry and of the basic companies to ensure its “full functioning”.
He head of state could also take measures such as closing the land, sea and air borders in safeguarding “Venezuelan territorial integrity”, as Rodríguez has stressed.
In short, the vice president has detailed that the decree seeks to protect “the sovereigntythe independence and the vital and strategic interests” from Venezuela.
Furthermore, Rodríguez has warned that “no one inside or outside the territory will be allowed to promote, support, facilitate or do apology for external military aggression against Venezuela, since it would be judged according to the laws of the republic and with the full guarantees of the Constitution.”
“Enough of the extremists,” stressed the official, who explained that this measure is part of the defense mechanisms that have been studied by the Executiveaccording to EFE.
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