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Venezuela has activated comprehensive internal defense operations across the country starting October 14th, with military exercises and mobilization occurring in several regions including Zulia, Apure, and the capital Caracas. The activation involves multiple security organisms including the Bolivarian Armed Forces, communal militias, and police forces. Minister of Interior and Justice Diosdado Cabello emphasized that these measures are aimed at defending national sovereignty amid increasing tensions with the United States government in Caribbean waters. Despite the military mobilization, normal activities including schools, hospitals, and transportation services continue to function nationwide. The operations include verification of communal militia units and security preparations at critical infrastructure locations throughout the country.

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00:00Now, on breaking news, we'll go live to Caracas, Venezuela, where the activation of the Directional
00:08for Integral Defense has been activated since this moment. Let's see more.
00:13We have to take care and care for the details. That's why we have been activated since 5am.
00:37Let's remember the words the President said recently.
00:42We have to activate and all of us have to activate.
00:46Like they say, I'm not going to stay at home. I'm going to fight.
00:53With the comrades of the internal defense zones, we have to greet them,
01:01we have to give them the information to the comrades.
01:06And we'll walk on. We'll keep going.
01:11We just saw the declarations of Ministry of Interior about the activation of the Integral Defense Zones.
01:33Starting October 14th, the activation of the military operations of the Integral Defense Zones
01:45has started in several regions of the country, like Zulia and Aragua.
01:51And now we're watching images from the capital of Venezuela, Caracas, where these military operations have also been activated.
02:01We're seeing these images from the Minister of Interior, Diosdado Cabello,
02:14greeting the community of Petares in the capital, where the mobilization of these exercises have taken place.
02:21Like he was saying, to better the details of this operation. Let's listen to him.
02:30The activation, the checking and verification of every communal militia unit, which is related
02:45to the procession in the territory of the forces of the national Bolivarian revolution.
02:52But not only the Bolivarian revolution, but also the armed forces and the militias that are also an integral part of the defense of our country.
03:03And with this, we also have the police forces, the several security organism, but especially the people.
03:13For instance, today, with the rain, there was a blackout where we had to check and be unaware in the places
03:24where all these services have been carried out, where the transportation are more important, hospitals,
03:31metros, subway stations, schools. On Wednesday, the country is functioning.
03:37We are going around the country, but the normal activities of the country haven't been paralyzed,
03:45and they haven't been paralyzed in any state. It's the prolonged resistance for us, for the services continue to work.
03:58But we are preparing to defend the sovereignty of the nation, how it is supposed to be.
04:03We are moving to the governor. In the state of Miranda, we were just watching images of the Minister of Interior,
04:14the Estado Cabello, greeting the people and walking around the capital of Venezuela, Caracas.
04:22This image is starting October 14. There has been the activation of the internal defense zones
04:28and with the activation of multiple organizations, with the police forces, with the militias, with the Bolivarian armed forces,
04:38and especially like Minister Diostato Cabello said, with the people, to ensure the readiness and preparedness of the country of Venezuela,
04:49amid the increasing aggressions of the United States government in the Caribbean waters and against the sovereignty of Venezuela.
04:58We will continue to inform you about these new developments in Venezuela, about the preparedness of the population
05:10in these events. In the event of military aggression by the United States, Venezuela will be prepared.
05:18Venezuela is getting ready to be prepared with the militias, with the armed forces,
05:22with the police forces, and with the people. As Minister of Interior Diostato Cabello was just saying,
05:30since 5 a.m. this morning on Tuesday and Wednesday, the people have been getting ready,
05:35and the militias have been getting ready for any possible aggression by the United States,
05:42for any possible aggression by any interference from abroad. The militias and every forces in the country are getting ready.
05:53We are listening in the images, we are seeing the Estado Cabello still greeting the people,
05:58we are seeing the city of Caracas getting ready for these events. We are seeing Venezuela increasingly
06:07getting ready for any possible eventuality of aggression by any foreign government, especially
06:14in the context of increasing aggressions by the United States government in the Caribbean. That's
06:20attacked several vessels in Caribbean waters, both fishing vessels belonging to Venezuela and
06:28belonging to Colombia, with the pretext of truck trafficking. We are just the Estado Cabello
06:35making statements, giving statements to the population of Venezuela, giving statements to the population of
06:41Caracas, about the activation of different regions, of the militias in different regions,
06:48and the integral defensions all over Venezuela. But also stating that Venezuela has not been paralyzed by
06:55these activations, that even though the militias and the military forces and the police forces in the
07:01country have been activated and have done all these drills to prepare for any possible aggression. The
07:07country has kept going and they have made it their priority to give the schools and the hospitals and
07:13the transportation centers active and working for the people of Venezuela. The people of Venezuela have
07:22been receiving the Estado Cabello have been receiving all of these ministers and all the armed forces for
07:30this. We just saw images live from Caracas, Venezuela about the readiness of the integral defense zones in
07:37Venezuela that have started early on Wednesday. We'll come back with more news updates shortly.
07:43We'll be right back with more news updates.
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