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Venezuela conducts civic-military exercise against possible "imperialist invasion"

The Venezuelan government is holding a civic-military exercise this Saturday to demonstrate that the country's armed forces and communal councils are capable of defending the country from an invasion by an "imperialist power"; the government expects around a thousand people to participate in the exercise.

Venezuelan Army (Photo: Paulo Emílio)

247 - The Venezuelan government is holding a civic-military exercise this Saturday to demonstrate that the country's armed forces and communal councils are capable of defending the country from an invasion by an "imperialist power." The government expects around a thousand people to participate in the exercise.

A march of approximately [number] kilometers is also planned in western Caracas, ending at the so-called Caracas Polyhedron. Minister Aristóbulo Istúriz said that the exercise sends a "direct message to imperialism, the international oligarchy, and the fascist right." "It is a reaffirmation of the anti-imperialist commitment, the commitment to defend the homeland," he stated.