Venezuela's Armed Forces denounce US attack and announce deployment

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 in the early hours of today, January third, the Venezuelan people have

más criminal agresión militar

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

of the invading forces… … have already desecrated our sacred soil in the

...ya han profanado nuestro suelo sagrado en las localidades de Fuerte Tiuna,

Caracas, los estados Miranda, Aragua y La Guaira,

llegando a impactar con sus misiles y

fired from their combat helicopters in housing

complexes of civilian population,

for which we are already gathering information

regarding the wounded and the dead.

In the face of this vile and cowardly attack

that threatens the peace and stability of the region, we raise the

before the international community and all multilateral organizations,

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

of the United States is condemned for the

blatant violation

of the Charter of the United Nations and of

international law. Free, independent, and sovereign Venezuela

rejects with all the strength of its

libertarian history

the presence of these foreign troops

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

represents the greatest outrage the country has suffered,

which stems from the insatiable greed for our strategic resources.

Far from any so- called fight against narcoterrorism,

this deplorable action… seeks to definitively force a regime change and subject

busca forzar definitivamente un cambio de régimen y someternos a los designios

espurios del imperialismo norteamericano. Pisoteando el derecho

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

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 legacy 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 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 reason, 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 remain steadfast in adversity, and put into motion

all national defense plans

for which we have been preparing.

cumplimiento de la Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela,

of Venezuela, the Organic Law on States

of Exception and the Organic Law on National Security,

we give our unrestricted support

the decree of a state of external commotion throughout the national territory…

and as a consequence,

the men and women of the Bolivarian National Armed Force,

following instructions from citizen 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 across the entire spectrum of the national geographic space

and in perfect popular- military- police fusion, the placing of

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

echo in every corner. Victory is ours

because reason and dignity

are with us. We will prevail.

Long live the homeland!