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Pedro Camacho

Venezuelan Defense Minister Accuses Trump Admin of Using Vietnam-Era Tactics to Justify Intervention

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López accused the United States on Tuesday of orchestrating a campaign to create "false positives" as a pretext for military action against Venezuela.

In an official statement shared on social media, López warned that Washington and allied "far-right sectors" were spreading false information on social media about the alleged presence of a U.S. helicopter near Venezuelan island territories in order to provoke an incident.

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