Caracas, Nov. 16 -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for a permanent vigil and mobilization in the country's eastern region in response to the announcement of joint military exercises by the United States and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.
"I once again call on all the people of the eastern states -- from southern Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Sucre, Anzoategui and Nueva Esparta -- to maintain perfect unity among citizens, military forces and police, to stand vigil and march in the streets with the Venezuelan flag held high," Maduro said during a public event in Petare, in the northern state of Miranda.
He stressed that the call serves as a directive to all social and political sectors to remain alert and not fall for ...