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 target of the most criminal military aggression

by the government of the United States of North America. So far, the barbarity

of the invading forces, who have desecrated

our sacred soil in the areas of Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, the states

of Miranda,

even striking with their missiles and rockets,

fired from their combat helicopters,

for which we are already gathering information

regarding the wounded and the dead.

In the face of this vile and cowardly attack, which threatens the peace and

we raise the strongest possible denunciation before the

international community and all multilateral organizations,

y todos los organismos multilaterales, para que se condene al gobierno

norteamericano por la

flagrant violation

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

internacional. La Venezuela libre,

sovereign Venezuela rejects,

with all the strength of its libertarian

history, the presence of these foreign troops

that have left in their wake only death, pain, and destruction.

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

which responds to the insatiable greed for our strategic resources.

Far from any supposed struggle against narcoterrorism, this deplorable

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

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

of North American imperialism, trampling the inalienable right

to self- determination for which our liberators fought

and which today we are called to defend

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

that 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 a wall of indestructible resistance. Our vocation is peace,

but our heritage is the struggle for freedom.

en hermandad, hoy cerramos el puño

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

Unámonos, que en la unión del pueblo

we will find the strength to resist and to prevail.

In the midst of this imperial onslaught, I make a fervent call for serenity

hago un llamado ferviente a la serenidad

and for sanity, 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, which are weapons as lethal as bombs.

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

Let us be resilient, let us remain steadfast in adversity and set in motion

all the national defense plans

for which we have been preparing.

cumplimiento de la Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela,

la Ley Orgánica sobre los Estados

of Exception and the Organic Law on National Security,

we fully and unreservedly support

the decree of State of External Commotion throughout the national territory,

the decree of State of External Commotion throughout the national territory,

the men and women of the Bolivarian National Armed Force, following the

instructions of citizen Nicolás Maduro Moros, Constitutional President of

Presidente Constitucional de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela,

nuestro Comandante en Jefe,

all our capabilities for the comprehensive defense of the nation,

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

spectrum of the national geographic space and in perfect popular– military–

police fusion, the complete operational readiness

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

riverine and missile means. Weapons systems for comprehensive defense,

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

integración de los elementos del poder nacional

into the mission of confronting imperial threats, forming a single

combat bloc. Honor, duty, and history call us.

May the cry of the free homeland

resound in every corner. Victory is ours

because reason and dignity

are with us. We will prevail!

Long live the homeland!