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 third, the Venezuelan people have been the

object of the most criminal military aggression

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

of the invading forces that have desecrated our sacred soil in the areas of

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

Aragua y La Guaira,

going so far as to strike with their missiles and rockets fired from their combat

cohetes disparados desde sus helicópteros de combate en urbanismos de

for which we are already gathering the information

for which we are already gathering the 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

flagrant violation

of the Charter of the United Nations and of

international law. Free, independent,

rechaza con toda la fuerza de su historia

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 responds to the insatiable greed for our strategic resources.

Far from any supposed fight against narco- terrorism, 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 on the inalienable right to

pisoteando el derecho inalienable a la

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

but they will not break us. United, soldier and people, we will form an

indestructible wall of resistance. Our vocation 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 union of the people

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

we will find the strength to resist and to win.

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

hago un llamado ferviente a la serenidad

and for sound judgment, 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 steadfastness 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,

of Venezuela, the Organic Law on States

of Exception and the Organic Law on National Security,

we offer our unrestricted support

the decree of a State of External Commotion

en consecuencia, los hombres

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

en todo el espectro del espacio geográfico nacional

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

full operational readiness

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

riverine and missile assets. Weapons systems for comprehensive defense with

Sistemas de armas para la defensa integral con el propósito de asegurar la

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!