00:00Tensions between the United States and Venezuela are reaching a boil point, and could spill over into a full-blown war at any moment.
00:30Both the presidents, Trump and Maduro, are threatening each other by beefing up their military and security arrangements.
00:45Trump one Monday held a meeting with the top national security officials at the White House to discuss the next steps on Venezuela.
00:57Present at the meeting were Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Kane.
01:09Trump has already made several indications that a full-scale land attack on Venezuela is under consideration, and declared the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is closed in its entirety.
01:23Under the Operation Southern Spear, the U.S. has deployed over 16,000 troops, F-35 jets, B-2 bombers, and a dozen warships, including the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald Ford, off the coast of Venezuela.
01:44Venezuela's President Maduro has refused to back down against the U.S. military threats.
01:53In fact, at a public rally in Caracas on Monday, Maduro was seen dancing and rejoicing with the people, as if there was no security threat at all.
02:03Addressing the public, Maduro said that his government was ready for dialogue with the U.S., but it will not be intimidated and would not accept a slave's peace.
02:18In response to U.S.'s military buildup, Maduro has ordered his own army to be ready for a prolonged resistance and conduct new military drills.
02:31We want peace, but peace with sovereignty, peace with equality, peace with freedom.
02:41We don't want the plaza of the slaves, nor the peace of the colonies.
02:48Colonia, never, slaves, never, never, freedom.
02:56But, I have bad news to the empire, and I have very good news to the people.
03:06No is a man.
03:10I feel the immense satisfaction of saying, no is Maduro.
03:15It is a man.
03:16It is a man.
03:17It is a man.
03:18It is willing to fight for this country in the decades and years to live.
03:25Because we were born to win and not to be defeated.
03:32And we, we, we, we, we, we, we.
03:39Venezuela has also deployed 5,000 Russian-made IGLA-S missiles to counter the U.S. Air Force.
03:46Maduro boasted that the weapons are now positioned in the last mountain, the last town, and the last city.
03:55Over 5,000 trained operators have been placed on alert, using simulators and rapid deployment drills to prepare for a possible U.S. strike.
04:04War clouds are looming large, and any small spark could lead to a full-blown conflict in the Caribbean.
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