Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López giving statements to the press. Photo: Presidential Press/File photo.
Venezuelan Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino warned US mercenary boss Erik Prince, a promoter of the terrorist campaign Ya Casi Venezuela (Almost Venezuela), that he will receive a strong response if he dares to enter Venezuela.
In a video posted on his Instagram account, Minister Padrino also said that the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) will be on the front line alongside the people in order to respond to those who try to attack the country.
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In the video posted by Minister Padrino, he said, “This Mr. Erik Prince openly threatens to come here in a project that they have called Ya Casi Venezuela, but they must know that we are not unarmed and they will receive a forceful response. On the front line, the Armed Force, and simultaneously the people who see us from out there, will not allow blood to be shed here because the imperialists from the north felt like it, that will not happen,” he said.
Finally, he wrote that “if the imperialists and their vile mercenaries dare to attempt a new aggression against our country, we will be here, the FANB and its people, in perfect civil-military union, waiting for them to make them bite the bitter dust of defeat once again. Mercenaries will never defeat patriots! Long live the country!”
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Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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