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\nVenezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez
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\nVenezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez
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Venezuelan<\/a> Vice President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez<\/a> said that the United States has “declared war on the entire planet,” a reference to the U.S.’s military deployment<\/a> in the Caribbean<\/a> that Washington describes as part of its anti-narcotics operations.<\/p>\n “There is an international context where the United States decided to declare war, not on Venezuela, but on the entire planet … and Venezuela must be prepared,” she said during the formation of grassroots government committees broadcast on state television.<\/p>\n Rodr\u00edguez accused domestic opponents of seeking to give away Venezuela’s natural resources to the U.S. and urged supporters to prepare for both “non-armed struggle” and, if necessary, “armed struggle,” as local Efecto Cocuyo reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Her comments came one day after Nicol\u00e1s Maduro ordered the creation of new “integral defense commands” combining civilians, military personnel, and public employees to respond to what he called the threat posed by increased U.S. military activity near Venezuela’s coast.<\/p>\n The Venezuelan regime announced an expanded deployment<\/a> that includes land, air, naval, and riverine assets, as well as additional weapons systems. Since August, U.S. forces have operated in the Caribbean as part of what Washington calls counter-narcotics missions. Maduro contends the deployment is intended to trigger regime change.<\/p>\n According to the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford \u2014 the Pentagon’s largest aircraft carrier \u2014 and its strike group arrived in the region this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Earlier Wednesday, Rodr\u00edguez also addressed Venezuela’s economic outlook, calling the country’s performance “imperturbable” despite what she described as a months-long “psychological battle” imposed by the U.S, as NTN24 reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n “An economy that has nine warships in front of it, with permanent threats, has shown that Venezuela does not fear,” she told business leaders at a retail industry event. She claimed Venezuela has “defeated” U.S. pressure in the economic sector, even as the bol\u00edvar continues to weaken.<\/p>\n Rodr\u00edguez cited projections from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), saying Venezuela is on track to lead regional economic growth and that GDP rose “8.71%” in the last quarter, figures that have not been independently verified.<\/p>\n