The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has assured this Saturday that the country is preparing with Cuba, Nicaragua and other international allies in case “one day” it is necessary to “take up arms to defend the right to peace and sovereignty.”
“Venezuela is preparing with Cuba, with Nicaragua, with our older brothers in the world in case one day we have to take up arms to defend the right to peace, the right to sovereignty and the historical rights of our country,” said the president at the closing of the International World Antifascist Festival, convened by Chavismo.
In this sense, the president, who took power on Friday surrounded by controversy after the elections of July 28, in which the opposition denounced fraud in the vote count and claimed victory, has said that “if it is by good means, we will advance, and if it is by bad means, we will also defeat them so that they respect us.”
“We are not lukewarm leaders, we are the Bolivarian revolution of the 21st century, let no one be mistaken about Venezuela, let no one be mistaken about us,” he said.
He also insisted that “if the case arises” they will confront “fascism with weapons in hand and with armed struggle.”
Maduro took office this Friday at the headquarters of the National Assembly, thus beginning a third term that will be a “period of peace” but which begins surrounded by controversy after the elections of July 28, in which the opposition denounced fraud in the vote count and claimed victory.
