Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that eight American ships with 1,200 missiles and a submarine have targeted his country, Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA.
These statements came after Washington announced the deployment of military personnel in the Caribbean region with the motive of fighting international drug trafficking.
"Venezuela is facing the greatest threat that our continent has known in the last 100 years – eight ships with 1,200 missiles and a submarine have targeted Venezuela. "It is an unjustified, immoral, absolutely criminal and bloody threat," Maduro said during a meeting with representatives of the international press in Caracas.
He is hinting that there is a threat of an American landing and an attempt at regime change. But the United States has never publicly threatened to invade the country, notes Agence France-Presse.
Washington accuses Maduro of running a drug trafficking network and recently announced a $50 million reward for his arrest.
Maduro, who says relations with the United States are severed, said he had activated a special plan that deployed naval forces and surveillance drones in Venezuelan territorial waters.
The Venezuelan president added that in the face of maximum military pressure on his country, Caracas had begun maximum preparations to defend Venezuela.
Venezuela will never give in to blackmail and threats of any kind, Maduro assured.