“There is a plan to seize Essequibo from us by force,” he said during the deployment of Operation Republic. On Wednesday, Venezuelan Defense Minister Gen. Vladimir Padrino Lopez accused the U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of engaging in interference aimed at stripping Venezuela of the Essequibo region. RELATED: Venezuela’s Operation […]

Operation Catatumbo Lightning deploys over 5,000 troops across an area of approximately 10,000 km². On Friday morning, at the start of the military operation Catatumbo Lightning, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino-Lopez highlighted all the efforts that his country’s authorities have made to achieve peace in Colombia at the request of the neighboring country’s government. RELATED: […]