{"id":98498,"date":"2025-09-06T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/president-maduro-warns-of-armed-struggle-as-trump-threatens-venezuela-jets-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:40:08","slug":"president-maduro-warns-of-armed-struggle-as-trump-threatens-venezuela-jets-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/president-maduro-warns-of-armed-struggle-as-trump-threatens-venezuela-jets-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"President Maduro warns of armed struggle as Trump threatens Venezuela jets | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Friday that his country would move to a stage of “armed struggle” if it were attacked.<\/p>\n

Maduro said\u00a0that while Venezuela is “still in the phase of unarmed struggle,” any attack would prompt a response from “the whole people against aggression, whether local, regional or national.”<\/p>\n

Maduro made the comments during the “operational and organizational activation of the entire Bolivarian National Militia,” noting that Venezuela is in an “enlistment and preparation phase.”<\/p>\n

Read More: <\/a><\/strong>US strike sinks Venezuela drug boat, 11 killed<\/a><\/p>\n

The country will proceed with “the deployment of the defensive, training, and retraining capacities of the entire population.”<\/p>\n

During “activation days,” Venezuelans will receive training to defend the country against a US military deployment.<\/p>\n

He demanded that US President Donald Trump “abandon his plan for a violent regime change in Venezuela and throughout Latin America, and the Caribbean. And respect the sovereignty, the right to peace and the independence of our countries.”<\/p>\n

It followed Trump’s warning Friday that Venezuelan military aircraft would be “shot down” if they approached US naval vessels. That was after two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew above a US ship dispatched to the region to combat criminal organizations and “narco-terrorism.”\u2019<\/p>\n

“I would say they\u2019re going to be in trouble. We’ll let them know about that \u2026 if they fly in a dangerous position,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, referencing the F-16 overflight that the Pentagon called “highly provocative.”<\/p>\n

Maduro maintained that “Venezuela has always been willing to talk” with the US, but demands “respect for our country.”<\/p>\n

Earlier Friday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said a deployment of US aircraft, including 10 F-35 fighter jets sent to an air base in Puerto Rico, threatens the Maduro government.<\/p>\n

Gil said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is justifying the deployment “using as a pretext a supposed pursuit of drug trafficking,” a claim Gil called “the biggest lie.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s threat <\/strong><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump warned Friday that Venezuelan military aircraft that approach US naval vessels will be \u201cshot down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say they\u2019re going to be in trouble. We’ll let them know about that \u2026 if they fly in a dangerous position,\u201d Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. His remarks came one day after two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets \u201cflew near\u201d a US warship in the Caribbean Sea.<\/p>\n

The US Defense Department called the move \u201chighly provocative\u201d and warned the Venezuelan government that it should not interfere with US counter-narcotics or counter-terror operations.<\/p>\n

Also Read:<\/strong> US judge blocks Trump from canceling legal status for Venezuelans, Haitians<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump emphasized the US\u2019 commitment to stopping drug trafficking from Venezuela and elsewhere. \u201cWe don\u2019t want drugs coming in from Venezuela or anybody else, or any place else, so we\u2019ll be tough on that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Asked if the US sought regime change in Venezuela, Trump said, \u201cWell, we\u2019re not talking about that, but we are talking about the fact that you had an election, which was a very strange election. To put it mildly, I\u2019m being very nice when I say that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He claimed that Venezuelan prisons \u201chave been opened up to our country,\u201d including members of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization, he said were now in the US.<\/p>\n

Trump previously signed an executive order calling for increasing the use of military force against Latin American drug cartels. Following Trump\u2019s orders, a US naval group, including seven warships and a submarine, were dispatched to Caribbean waters near Venezuela on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Friday that his country would move to a stage of “armed struggle” if it were attacked. 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