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Caracas has dawned today militarized, with militia hosts in the vicinity of Parliament and with anti-aircraft radars in one of the main axes of the capital. It is not one of the usual revolutionary operations against the opposition, but the military maneuvers "Bolivarian Shield 2020" , with which Chavism intends to show its armed muscle again. And, above all, make it clear to the whole country that the brute force of arms is a Bolivarian monopoly.

The trip to Caracas by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero marked the beginning of the counter-offensive of Chavismo, extended in the last hours with these military exercises and with the diplomatic entanglements of Nicolás Maduro. The 'son of Chávez' ordered his generals a blunt response on the ground against Donald Trump, who in his speech by the State of the Union, and with Juan Guaidó as a witness, threatened to crush his dictatorship.

"The name of our exercise says a lot. We are giving the country a shield against permanent aggression, with 2,300,000 militiamen participating throughout the territory," said General Vladimir Padrino López, defense minister and strong man in the bosom of the Revolutionary army. One of the objectives of the Government is to integrate the militiamen into the Armed Forces, even though the militias are made up of members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), communal councils and the Bolívar Chávez Battle Units, without preparation and receiving a minimum wage

Its main function so far is to fill in the famous Bolivarian concentrations, as well as to practice as amateur cops. In popular neighborhoods they are disparagingly described as "thousand-elders." Military experts say that the official figure, which raises the number of members of the militia above two and a half million, is far from reality.

Drills

War drills staged again that Chavismo moves like a fish in the water no matter how murky the waters are. In Maracaibo, the country's second city ravaged by blackouts and lack of water, the authorities even rehearsed its military fortification. A paradox for a city beset by the revolutionary collapse.

"We are giving a clear message to the world of dignity and courage in the face of the obsessive and criminal of the US Government against the Venezuelan people," said Maduro, who also ordered his chancellor, Jorge Arreaza, this week to come to The Hague so that denounce the alleged US blockade before the International Criminal Court.

It matters little that this court does not judge countries for their sanctions nor that executions, murders and torture committed in the dungeons of Chavismo are piled up in the archives of its Prosecutor's Office. Maduro intends to launch new smoke curtains that allow advancing its plans to impose parliamentary elections under minimum, with the support of its international allies.

On his way to the aforementioned objective, the "people president" requested the help of "friendly countries". "I hope that (Argentine) President Alberto Fernández helps us with this. We have also made it known to Spain, Mexico, Panama and the European Union," said Maduro. The Contact Group formed by the EU and countries in the region did not advance a single centimeter in its efforts last year.

The Bolivarian chief waited until Friday to take advantage of the political affair of his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, and the Spanish minister José Luis Ábalos. "That is Delcy's secret, she hasn't told me that secret, what she talked to Ábalos," the 'son of Chavez' ironized.

Instead, asked today Juan Guaidó about the controversial meeting in Barajas between Maduro's "right hand" and the Spanish minister, said he had no information about it.

All dialogue initiatives opened by the regime have only sought one end: to remain in power at all costs. This is evidenced by the last, called the National Dialogue Table, in which only Chavism and a few mini-parties that revolve around its orbit of power participate. Of course, it has full support from Russia and Zapatero.

Guaidó says that his uncle's detention will not stop his fight against the Government

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó said Saturday that the arrest of his uncle, accused of allegedly moving explosive material on a flight, will not move him "not even an iota" in his fight against the Government of Nicolás Maduro.

"I want to say and see the dictators' faces very well, they are not going to move an iota, if we have to pay a cost or the sacrifice, we have already done it, not only as a family, but as the 380 families that today suffer exactly this, "said Guaido, who is recognized as interim president for more than 50 countries.

The uncle of the political leader, Juan José Márquez, was arrested on Tuesday when he arrived in Caracas on a flight from Lisbon from the Portuguese airline TAP, in which Guaidó was also traveling.

The lawyer Joel García, defender of Márquez, accused Thursday the arrest of his client of "vile and gross assembly" and considered it as a way to pressure the opposition leader.

"I received the message and here is the answer: go ahead and forcefully," Guaidó said during a press conference, in which he said that "the pain of my uncle's five children, his friends and his relatives, is part of the sacrifice of the millions of Venezuelans who are in this position. "

"Personally, I am paying a cost," he said and denounced the imprisonment of his family member at the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim), a security body in which, according to him, they "torture." / EFE

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