00:00South America, where tensions are escalating between Venezuela and the United States.
00:05Washington has reportedly ordered additional ships to the Southern Caribbean
00:08as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to address threat from Latin American drug cartels.
00:14Reports say the Trump administration is deploying a guided missile cruiser along
00:18with a nuclear-powered submarine.
00:21Both are expected to arrive in the region by early next week.
00:25Now, with full details of the deployment still unclear,
00:28it's part of President Trump's broader effort to crack down on drug cartels,
00:32including designating Mexico, Sinaloa, and Venezuela's trend to Aragua as global terrorist groups.
00:40Just last week, the U.S. ordered an amphibious squadron to the Southern Caribbean.
00:45Three warships are reportedly already heading towards Venezuela's coast
00:49as Washington steps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro,
00:53who was accused of heading a cocaine trafficking cartel.
00:56The Venezuelan leader has repeatedly claimed that his country is free of drug trafficking.
01:01In fact, he's accusing Washington of attempting to force a regime change
01:05and has urged citizens to join the Bolivarian militia,
01:09a civilian force connected to Venezuela's armed forces.
01:13Now, in response to the U.S. military movements,
01:15Venezuela announced on Monday that it will deploy 15,000 troops to the Colombian border.
01:20The country's interior minister said the government was deploying the troops
01:25to bolster security in states that border Colombia.
01:28He also added that the number of aircraft, drones, and boats
01:31to patrol the border rivers in the region will also be increased.
01:35The President has ordered a special operational reinforcement of Operation Rolampago del Catatumbo
01:43and has extended it to the state of Takaira with Peace Zone No. 1.
01:47In the first phase, he has ordered the deployment of 15,000 men and women on the Venezuelan side
01:53as reinforcements.
01:54On top of those, we already have up to the border of the state of Takaira.
01:58Next will come Peace Zone No. 2, and then Peace Zone No. 3.
02:02All of this is on the border with our sister country, Colombia.
02:06The interior minister also criticized the U.S. for sending in ships
02:10to a region where fewer drugs were leaving instead of Colombia.
02:15Why don't they deploy their fleet and aircraft here
02:18to combat the 87% of drugs that leave Colombia?
02:21Curiously, they deploy them and are concerned about where the supposed 5% leaves from.
02:27Hypocrites, their arguments fall apart.
02:31Now, before his minister's comments, Maduro responded with his own show of defiance
02:35promoting Venezuela's ambassador in Colombia
02:37to Division General of the Bolivarian Militia on Sunday.
02:42On behalf of our Liberator Simon Bolivar
02:44and our beloved Supreme Commander Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias,
02:48Mr. Ambassador, I have decided to promote you
02:50to Division General of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces
02:53in active reserve status.
02:57Now, while the government has projected defiance with promotions
03:00and harsh words for Washington,
03:02the mood on the streets has been less certain.
03:05Almost one week after the news of their deployment,
03:08uncertainty reigns among Venezuelans
03:09who reportedly don't know what to believe anymore.
03:12The arrival of a U.S. Navy destroyer
03:14has dominated conversations spilling from social media
03:17and state television into streets and dinner tables.
03:21Some Venezuelans see it as a political theater
03:23designed to distract from more pressing economic realities.
03:26I sometimes think these are things meant to cover up,
03:30so people think in that, and not in the reality we are living.
03:34The reality we are living in is that what we earn is not enough.
03:39Still, hundreds of Venezuelans lined up over the weekend
03:42at plazas and military posts across the country
03:45to enlist for the militias and help with security duties.
03:49We reject any threat coming from the empire.
03:55We do not agree with any of those threats
03:57that are coercing us and trying to subdue the nation.
04:00We are a sovereign, firm, and patriotic people,
04:03and we will always be free and independent.
04:06So as U.S. warships approach
04:08and Venezuela moves its troops along the Colombian border,
04:11the two-nation standoff appears to be growing
04:14more confrontational by the day.
04:19We are a sovereign, firm, and the two-nation standoff.
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