In an interview with Russia Today, General in Chief of the Armed Forces of Venezuela, Jacinto Perez Arcay, said that he believed the invasion, directly or indirectly, of his country by the United States is now no longer a "possibility", but an "inexorable" fact .

Since 2002 and the first attempted coup against the constitutional president, Hugo Chávez, the United States has stepped up covert operations to break the resistance of the country and seize its huge hydrocarbon reserves.

A SouthCom document, dated February 25, 2016, which was recently leaked, details the means used to destabilize the country. [1]

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Roger Lagassé

[1«Operación Venezuela Freedom-2», Red Voltaire , 25 de febrero de 2016.