With these four zones, the total number of Venezuelan regions incorporated into Operation Independencia 200, led by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and the people in the communities and Communal Circuits, is 20.

President Nicolas Maduro reported through his Telegram account that they are “completing all the necessary preparations, reaching the optimal state for the comprehensive defense of the homeland.”

In the accompanying video, the Commander-in-Chief of the FANB stated that these war exercises “are intended to continue achieving peace.”

“Today, Friday, the ZODIs of Merida, Trujillo, Lara, and Yaracuy are fully activated, a corridor that runs from the Andes to the central west of our country,” he emphasized.

The president commented that this is a key guarantee of defense, economic stability, and stability from every point of view, and affirmed that in perfect unity with all our people and sectors “we are working to achieve peace, exercise sovereignty in the sacred territory, and continue advancing in the defense of the right to life.”

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