'With Our Fists If Necessary': Venezuelans Prepare To Defend Homeland Against Potential US Invasion

Fuente: International Business Times

A member of the Bolivarian National Militia participates in military training at Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 13, 2025 AFP They are men and women, students and retirees. By the thousands, Venezuelans from different walks of life have responded to President Nicolas Maduro's call to join militia training to "defend the homeland" against a feared US invasion. Over the weekend, they swarmed to training camps, where they learned to handle and shoot guns to the backdrop of anti-American rhetoric and as US warships loomed off the coast.