00:01Venezuela began extensive military exercises on Tuesday, with the aim of safeguarding its
00:07airspace against possible foreign aggression. Approximately 200,000 members of the armed
00:13forces, militias, police and community leaders affiliated with the government of Nicolás
00:18Maduro will take part in the exercises, which will continue until Wednesday throughout the
00:23country. It comes amid growing tension with the United States, following the Trump administration's
00:29order to send warships to Caribbean waters near Venezuela. The U.S. has targeted several ships in
00:35the Caribbean in recent months it accuses of being drug-trafficking vessels, the latest announced
00:41by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the beginning of the week, which resulted in six
00:46deaths on two ships in the eastern Pacific. At least 75 people have died in the 19 attacks conducted
00:53since the Trump administration launched an anti-drug offensive in South American waters.
00:59level 4 of the
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