Russia, China and Iran launch their “war games” to challenge the United States in Venezuela

The games of war and hunger unite in Venezuela. Live and direct will be held from 13 to 27 August military competitions with Russia, China and Iran challenging the United States in the city of Barquisimeto, in the state of Lara, in the north-west of the country, while the streets are inflamed by the protests of educators hit by “starvation wages”.

It is surprising that this Russian-led drone and sniper commando war exercise is the first time it is performed in Venezuela and begin one day after the end of the annual military operations – from 1 to 12 August – organized by the Southern Command of the United States, dubbed “PanamaX 2022”, in which the armed forces of about 20 countries in the region participate. two blocks.

The Eastern Bloc led by Vladimir Putin’s government, whose armed invasion of Ukraine is in its sixth month, aims to demonstrate its military strength in the Caribbean areathat is, in what they consider Washington’s backyard, according to international analysts.

According to the propaganda media of Putin and Nicolás Maduro, in this edition About 270 teams from 37 countries will participate in 36 military competition modes. In addition to Russia and Venezuela, Algeria, Belarus, Iran, Vietnam, India, Kazakhstan, China, Uzbekistan, Myanmar and Abkhazia and other delegations from the Eastern Socialist bloc will participate.

The protagonist of the “Army Games” billboard. are the tests called “Frontier Sniper” which will be seen for the first time in Venezuela. There will also be competitions at the Terepaima military fort and it is the sixth time that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces have participated in the event.

The Venezuelan armed forces have specified that for five months they have built an obstacle course, the shooting range, areas for judges and referees, as well as a grandstand for the public. These works were supervised by delegates from the Russian governmentthe Chavista regime reported.

The Venezuelan Iranian plane

Maduro took advantage of the war games with the presence of Iranian soldiers to launch a fierce campaign against the Argentine government of Alberto Fernández for the return of the Iranian-Venezuelan plane detained in Buenos Aires since June 6 for being linked to Iranian terrorism.

Maduro’s leadership, in Maduro’s voices, Diosdado Cabello, vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Chavista National Assembly, have insulted and threatened the Argentine judicial system in this escalation of attacks against the own Kirchnerist allies. “They must return the plane to us as it is with all the crew.”

Jorge Rodríguez conditioned the re-establishment of dialogue with the Venezuelan opposition to what happens with the Venezuelan-Iranian plane held by the Argentine justice, which is investigating its alleged links with international terrorism.

“We do not move either in dialogue or in negotiation, or other. Very simple, just as we said with the kidnapped diplomat, Álex Saab ”, warned Jorge Rodríguez.

Stalin González, a member of the negotiators’ opposition, reiterated that there is no precise date to resume the dialogue, but that they continue to make progress as soon as possible, understanding that, although the agenda is public, discretion is essential to obtain progress and that Venezuelans can say “they are working for us”.

Protests for hunger

In the midst of their acute economic crisis, Venezuelan workers are criticizing the huge amount of money that the regime has spent to set the stage for military exercises, housing, per diem, food and transportation for sniper commandos, while the government cuts their salaries and subjects them to a hunger war.

The minimum wage of a Venezuelan is $ 0.99 per day ($ 29.81 per month), and is below the extreme poverty wage. 95% of the population is at the poverty level.

Poverty is exacerbated by the monthly inflation rate. In June, it accelerated again to 14.5%, a record figure for the year 2022. The accumulated inflation for the year already reaches 53.8% “, according to the Venezuelan Financial Observatory (OVF), underlining that” the value of the food basket in July 2022 reached a record of 392 dollars “, or 13 dollars. per day.

Teachers, educators, university professors, public employees and retirees have decided to take to the streets to protest even if their mobilizations are censored by the media and cannot be seen together with the war games.

The growing discontent on the street cannot be hidden by Maduro. José Gregorio Afonso, one of the retired professors, lost his fear and yesterday began protesting on the highway in front of the Central University of Venezuela with banners alluding to “starvation wages”He asked for better wages.

And it is that the government has decided to eliminate the collective agreements of the Public Administration, through an instruction of the National Budget Office (ONAPRE) and does not pay the payment of holiday bonuses. This pierced the pockets of the workers, which was the spark that ignited the social protests.

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