Venezuela Activates 284 ‘Battle Fronts’ Amid Rising Tensions with Washington
Tamara Ceaikovski
Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro announced a sweeping military mobilization he is calling Plan Independencia 200 in response to the large concentration of U.S. naval forces near the country’s shores ordered by President Donald Trump to combat drug cartels. Speaking Thursday night on state-run television, Maduro said he had ordered the activation of 284 “fronts of battle” across the country, vowing that the forces would keep Venezuela’s coastline free of “imperialists, invaders and violent
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