Apart from the economic blockade, Venezuela is also dealing with armed attacks from Colombia. VSC member Joe Montero told the meeting that because of these paramilitary incursions, the Venezuelan government has given people guns and training to defend themselves. More than three million people have joined the Bolivarian militia citizens who have volunteered to help in the defence of Venezuela against US-backed aggression
Yonaton Vargas, a member of the Bolivar and Zamora Revolutionary Current, spoke by video link from Venezuela, saying the country faces “constant aggression from the Colombian oligarchy and US imperialism”. He said US troops are stationed at seven bases in Colombia, as well as bases in Curacao and Aruba, the Dutch-ruled islands off Venezuela’s coast. Vargas said that citizen’s assemblies are helping people organise against the provocations.
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