Venezuela’s Supreme Court has ruled that a state of emergency condemned by the opposition is constitutional. The military is planning a major exercise for Friday and Saturday.
Venezuela’s economic and political crisis continued on Thursday, as the military called on everybody in the country to participate in exercises meant to counter a supposed United States invasion.
Embattled President Nicolas Maduro called the military exercises earlier this week after expanding a state of emergency in response to opposition calls for a referendum for him to step down.
“Venezuela is threatened,” Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said on state television on Thursday. “This is the first time we are carrying out an exercise of this nature in the country. In terms of national reach, it’s going to be in every strategic region.”