Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro donned military fatigues, wielded Simon Bolivar's sword and urged Venezuelans to defend the nation against U.S. aggression during a rally in Caracas.
Maduro held the rally in Caracas on Tuesday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the nation's liberation and told attendees that it is their duty to oppose foreign aggressors in the manner of Venezuelan hero Bolivar, who led a successful revolt against the Spanish, The Guardian reported.
The rally was held in response to the Trump administration's military strikes against alleged drug traffickers and the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group in the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela.
"We have to be capable of defending every inch of this blessed land from any sort of imperialist threat or aggression, wherever it comes from," Maduro said while holding Bolivar's unsheathed sword in his right hand.
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