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| Nicolas Maduro |
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced early on Thursday that his country would deploy military, police, and civilian defenses across 284 battlefront locations throughout the nation, marking his latest demonstration of military capacity during a period of heightened tensions with the US.
Maduro did not specify the number of military, police, or civilian militias that would be participating in the new deployment; however, the Venezuelan government has already announced an increase of 25,000 troops for states along Venezuela's border with Colombia.
Speaking in an early morning state television address from the central coast city of Ciudad Caribia, with his defense minister at his side, Maduro stated that Venezuela is prepared for an armed fight if necessary and that official troops are fully deployed along all coastal and border regions, from the frontier with Colombia across the entire nation.
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