"CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said his country was at "maximum preparedness" and ready to respond if attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean. His comments during a news conference come as the U.S. government this week is set to boost its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels. The U.S. has not signaled any planned land incursion by the thousands of personnel being deployed."
"The U.S. Navy now has two Aegis guided-missile destroyers - the USS Gravely and the USS Jason Dunham - in the Caribbean, as well as the destroyer USS Sampson and the cruiser USS Lake Erie in the waters off Latin America. That military presence is set to expand. Three amphibious assault ships - a force that encompasses more than 4,000 sailors and Marines - would be entering the region this week,"
Venezuela declared maximum preparedness and readiness to respond to U.S. forces deployed in the Caribbean, with troops positioned along the coast and the border with Colombia and calls for enlistment in a civilian militia. President Nicolás Maduro characterized the U.S. deployment as an "extravagant, unjustifiable, immoral and absolutely criminal and bloody threat" and said he would constitutionally declare a "republic in arms" if the United States attacked. The United States has placed Aegis guided-missile destroyers and a cruiser in regional waters and plans to add three amphibious assault ships carrying more than 4,000 sailors and Marines to target Latin American drug cartels and their trafficking of fentanyl and other illicit drugs.
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