Venezuela launches military exercise over British warship ‘threat’

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday ordered more than 5,600 military personnel to participate in a “defensive” exercise near the border with Guyana, in response to Britain sending a warship to the area. Maduro said he was launching “a joint action of a defensive nature in response to the provocation and threat of the United […]

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