Venezuela says US navy raided fishing boat amid rising tensions

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00:00These Venezuelans are learning how to assemble, aim and shoot their weapons

00:04in order to defend their country.

00:06They're heeding the call of their president, Nicolas Maduro.

00:10We're here today giving our best as Venezuelans,

00:13staying united in fraternity and standing shoulder to shoulder

00:17for what may happen in the coming days.

00:24The threat, U.S. imperialism, according to Venezuela's government.

00:28Tensions between the South American country and the U.S. have significantly escalated recently.

00:34Washington ordered the biggest naval buildup in the Caribbean in years,

00:37targeting drug traffickers.

00:39Nicolas Maduro himself is accused of running a drug trafficking network.

00:43Venezuela sees the U.S.'s actions as an invasion.

00:47We are preparing ourselves, whereas they, the United States, are pressuring,

00:52conducting a brutal psychological operations exercise.

00:55We're here at maximum readiness.

00:58The weapons training took place the same day a U.S. destroyer intercepted,

01:03boarded and occupied a Venezuelan fishing boat,

01:06carrying nine fishermen for eight hours.

01:08The country's foreign minister demanded that the United States stop such actions,

01:12which put peace and security at risk in the region.

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