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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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