{"id":49096,"date":"2025-09-30T12:33:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/venezuelas-maduro-says-hes-ready-to-declare-state-of-emergency-after-u-s-military-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:33:39","slug":"venezuelas-maduro-says-hes-ready-to-declare-state-of-emergency-after-u-s-military-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/venezuelas-maduro-says-hes-ready-to-declare-state-of-emergency-after-u-s-military-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela&#8217;s Maduro says he&#8217;s ready to declare state of emergency after U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday he is ready to declare a state of emergency over what he called the threat of U.S. &#8220;aggression,&#8221; following a spate of deadly <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-alleged-drug-boat-strike-third\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. strikes<\/a><\/span> on suspected Venezuelan drug boats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today the consultation process began &#8230; to declare a state of emergency in accordance with the constitution and protect our people, our peace, and our stability if Venezuela were attacked by the American empire, attacked militarily,&#8221; Maduro said in a televised address.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez told foreign diplomats that Maduro had signed a decree giving himself &#8220;special powers&#8221; as head of state to act in matters of defense and security in the event the United States &#8220;dares to attack our homeland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A government source, however, told AFP that Maduro had not yet signed the document.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vice president presented the document to show that everything was ready and that the president can decree it at any time,&#8221; the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The left-wing authoritarian Maduro placed Venezuela on high alert over a major U.S. military deployment near his country&#8217;s coast.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Trump has deployed eight warships and a nuclear-powered submarine to the southern Caribbean as part of a stated plan to combat drug trafficking, but which appears particularly aimed at pressuring Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. forces have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/boat-destroyed-us-navy-cocaine-dominican-republic\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">destroyed at least three suspected drug boats<\/a><\/span> in the Caribbean in recent weeks, killing 14 people in a move decried as &#8220;extrajudicial execution&#8221; by U.N. experts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/30\/3acf14fb-5fed-4e37-88db-6bc0ba46117b\/thumbnail\/620x349\/b19de3003774d2d5675556c0766feef9\/2025-09-15t225857z-918160617-rc2msgaw2jmb-rtrmadp-3-usa-venezuela-strike.jpg#\" alt=\"A vessel burns in this still image taken from a video depicting what U.S. President Trump said was a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/30\/3acf14fb-5fed-4e37-88db-6bc0ba46117b\/thumbnail\/620x349\/b19de3003774d2d5675556c0766feef9\/2025-09-15t225857z-918160617-rc2msgaw2jmb-rtrmadp-3-usa-venezuela-strike.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/30\/3acf14fb-5fed-4e37-88db-6bc0ba46117b\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/f9aabe87b13e1e400804f8c6decdfa2a\/2025-09-15t225857z-918160617-rc2msgaw2jmb-rtrmadp-3-usa-venezuela-strike.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A vessel burns in this still image taken from a video released September 15, 2025, depicting what U.S. President Donald Trump said was a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Donald Trump via Truth Social\/via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last month, thousands of civil servants, housewives and retirees lined up in Caracas to join the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-civilian-militia-maduro-outlandish-threats-us\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">country&#8217;s militia<\/a><\/span> in case there is a U.S. invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration says two of the boats that have been sunk left from Venezuela, whose president is often described by White House officials as a drug trafficker and leader of a gang known as the Cartel of the Suns.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro denies the charges and has described the U.S naval buildup in the Caribbean as an attack on his country. Maduro has called the warships an &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/maduro-venezuela-us-troops-caribbean\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">absolutely criminal and bloody threat<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On two occasions earlier this month, Venezuelan fighter jets flew near a U.S. naval ship, in what multiple Defense Department officials\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-flies-military-aircraft-near-u-s-navy-ship-for-second-time-uss-jason-dunham\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">described to CBS News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0as a &#8220;game of chicken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-accuses-u-s-of-seizing-fishing-boat-in-caribbean\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">also accused<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the U.S. of seizing a fishing vessel in its exclusive economic zone and detaining nine fishermen for several hours.<\/p>\n<p>Declaring a state of emergency would allow Maduro, whose disputed reelection last year was not recognized by much of the international community, to temporarily suspend Venezuelans&#8217; basic rights.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez was confident that Venezuelans would unite behind Maduro in the event of a U.S. attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Venezuela is united in the defense of our country,&#8221; she said, vowing: &#8220;We will never surrender our homeland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his address, Maduro also asserted that he had &#8220;good feedback&#8221; from a private conversation he&#8217;d had with U.N. 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