Venezuelan President calls for boosting military recruitment

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in response to US military exercises, called to boost military recruitment and unite ranks. In Caracas, 5600 new soldiers joined the Venezuelan army, which considers the US military deployment in the Caribbean a threat.

In response to US military exercises, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called at a ceremony to boost military recruitment and unite ranks. «We will not allow an invasion under any circumstances,» Colonel Gabriel Alejandro Rendon Veltes said on Saturday. In Caracas, 5600 new soldiers joined the Venezuelan army on Saturday. The Venezuelan Army considers the US military deployment in the Caribbean region since August, including the arrival of the world's largest aircraft carrier, to be a «threat».

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