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Venezuela's Maduro Claims The Country Has 'Four Months Worth Of Food And Three Of Medicine, Just In Case'

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro (Credit: Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said the country has "four months worth of food and three of medicine, just in case" the U.S. escalates its pressure campaign against the South American country.

Elsewhere, Maduro said the country is prepared "to knock the teeth out of the North American empire if necessary," as tensions between the country escalated further on Wednesday following the seizure of a tanker off its coast.

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