Spanish → English transcript

Good morning, heroic people of Venezuela, soldiers of the homeland,

soldados y soldadas de la patria, hijos e hijas de Bolívar.

The Bolivarian National Armed Force informs

the entire world

that at dawn today, January 3, the Venezuelan people have been the object

of the most criminal military aggression by the government of the United States of

militar por parte del gobierno de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica.

North America. Until now, the barbarity of the invading forces,

suelo sagrado,

en las localidades de Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, los estados Miranda,

Aragua y La Guaira,

managing to strike with

their missiles and rockets fired from their attack

for which we are already gathering information

for which we are already gathering information

regarding the wounded and the dead. Faced with this vile and cowardly attack,

Frente a este ataque ruin y cobarde, que amenaza la paz y estabilidad de la región,

we raise the strongest possible denunciation before the international community

ante la comunidad internacional

and all multilateral organizations,

is condemned for the

blatant violation

of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law. Free, independent,

internacional. La Venezuela libre, independiente y soberana

rejects with all the force of its libertarian history

libertaria la presencia de estas tropas extranjeras

that have left behind them only death, pain, and destruction.

This invasion represents the greatest outrage the country has ever suffered,

which is a response to the insatiable greed for our strategic resources.

Far from any supposed fight against narcoterrorism, this deplorable

action seeks to definitively force a regime change and subject us to the

action seeks to definitively force a regime change and subject us to the

spurious designs

of North American imperialism, trampling the inalienable right

to self- determination for which our liberators fought

autodeterminación por el que lucharon nuestros libertadores

and which today we are called to defend

with the same dignity. That is why, in this ill- fated hour, I invoke the courage

we inherited from the liberators, who taught us that dignity is not negotiable

quienes nos enseñaron que la dignidad no se negocia y que la patria es un

valor supremo. Nos han atacado, pero no nos

doblegarán. Unidos, soldado y pueblo,

we will form an indestructible wall of resistance. Our calling is peace,

but our heritage is the struggle for freedom. We, who extend

our hand in brotherhood, today clench our fist in defense

of what is ours. Let us unite, for in the unity of the people

of what is ours. Let us unite, for in the unity of the people

we will find the strength to resist and prevail. In the midst of this

imperial onslaught, I make a fervent call for serenity

hago un llamado ferviente a la serenidad

and for good sense, to maintain unity and calm.

del invasor; la entereza es el escudo de la patria. No cedamos ante el

pánico que el enemigo

wants to sow. Let us avoid chaos and anarchy,

Let us show the world the fiber we are made of.

Let us be resilient, let us maintain our resolve in adversity and set in motion

all the national defense plans for which we have been preparing.

para lo cual nos hemos venido preparando. Por ello, y en

and in compliance with the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,

the Organic Law on States

of Exception and the Organic Law on National Security,

we fully and unreservedly support

the decree of State of Foreign Commotion throughout

en consecuencia, los hombres y

Bolivarian National Armed Force, following the instructions of citizen Nicolás

cumpliendo instrucciones del ciudadano Nicolás Maduro Moros,

Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,

our Commander in Chief,

capacidades para la defensa integral de la nación,

the reestablishment of order and peace. Therefore, we will activate

Por ende, activaremos en todo el espectro del espacio geográfico nacional

and in perfect popular– military– police fusion, the bringing into

full operational readiness

through the massive deployment of all land, air, naval,

riverine and missile means, weapons systems for integral defense,

with the purpose of ensuring the integration of the elements of national power

integración de los elementos del poder nacional

in the mission of confronting imperial threats, forming a single

bloc of combat. Honor, duty, and history

are calling us. May the cry of the free homeland

echo in every corner. Victory is ours

because reason and dignity

are with us. We will prevail!

Long live the homeland!