During the swearing-in ceremony of the Combatant Corps of Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro affirmed that he will continue working for peace in Venezuela, in the midst of the recent destabilization attempts by the ultra-right wing in the run-up to his inauguration ceremony as constitutional president on January 10. teleSUR
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00:00On Tuesday, January 7th, the President Nicolás Maduro led the surrendering of combatant corps
00:05of Venezuela made up of workers, companies and public institutions to guarantee the integral
00:11defense of the nation.
00:12Maduro reiterated that in recent days and hours, the number of threats against the Venezuelan
00:16people has increased, so he stressed that he will continue to protect the peace of Venezuelans.
00:26The body of integral direction for the defense of peace in Venezuela are activated at national
00:35level in the 335 municipalities in all parishes and communities of the country, because in
00:43Venezuela we are going to make history again and peace will triumph.
00:53President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro called on international fascism not to make a mistake
00:57with his leadership and with the people of Venezuela, stating that he will defend the
01:01stability of the country with his life.
01:09Although God put me in this position and I have his blessings, I am here as a humble
01:18man of the people.
01:20I am a man of the people and that is how I assume myself with humility.
01:27And I say, imperialist fascists, do not make a mistake with me.
01:33Do not make a mistake with me again.
01:36Do not make a mistake with the people of Venezuela.
01:40We are determined to win.
01:43We are determined to preserve peace, to preserve the national independence of Venezuela.
01:51We are determined to defend the rights of the people, to defend it with our own lives,
01:59if it were necessary, so that the country may live, so that the country may grow.
02:08In this regard, the Venezuelan head of state detailed that in the last 24 hours seven foreign
02:12mercenaries were captured, among them two United States citizens who intended to carry
02:16out terrorist actions against the peace of the country.
02:25Today alone we have captured seven foreign mercenaries, including two important mercenaries
02:33from the United States of America.
02:36They have already been captured.
02:39We caught them with material of the highest level, as they have never been captured before
02:47in our country, in our Venezuela.
02:51They are arrested and I am sure that in the next few hours they will be confessing.
02:59They came here to develop terrorist actions against peace in our country.
03:06Two Colombian hired assassins were captured in different parts of Venezuela, and three
03:13mercenaries who came from Ukraine to bring violence to our territory.
03:20Seven mercenaries were captured today in total.
03:25Seven mercenaries at this hour, and the operations continue, and the situation is tense.
03:34We are going after them.
03:36We are going after them because Venezuela has to be respected.