Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed the United States has built secret bases in the Essequibo, the region that is under Guyana administration but Caracas claims as its own, and that "aggressions" are being planned there.
"We have verified information, they have set (U.S.) Southern Command bases, as well as the CIA to prepare aggressions," Maduro said during a political rally. He went on to say that the alleged attacks would target "the people of Tumeremo," the city the government designated as regional capital.
