"Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the United States was pointing "1,200 missiles" at his country during a news conference Monday, and issued a stark warning that he was prepared to "constitutionally declare a republic in arms" should the US attack."
"The US is set to raise the number of military vessels deployed near Venezuela to eight this week, which Maduro described as "the greatest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years.""
"Following an authorization by Trump to use military force against Latin American drug cartels, the Associated Press and CBS News report that "the US 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.""
The United States is increasing its naval presence near Venezuela to eight vessels, including two Aegis guided-missile destroyers (USS Gravely and USS Jason Dunham), the destroyer USS Sampson, and the cruiser USS Lake Erie. An anonymous Defense Department official said three amphibious assault ships carrying more than 4,000 sailors and Marines would enter the region. President Nicolás Maduro accused the US of pointing "1,200 missiles" at Venezuela, called the deployment the greatest continental threat in a century, declared maximum readiness to defend, and warned he could "constitutionally declare a republic in arms" if the US attacks. The US has not publicly threatened an invasion.
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