The military must be prepared to defend the country from the United States in arms, said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. His words transmits television channel RT. "The military should be ready to defend the country in arms if one day the North American empire dares to attack this land, this sacred land," the president said in an address, Rusonline.org reports.
Earlier, the media reported that the US authorities could succeed to enlist the support of high-ranking military in Venezuela, if in May 2017, Washington helped one of the generals who needed a visa to the US because of the upcoming operation of a three-year-old son in Boston.