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Venezue­lan Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro made it clear yes­ter­day that no for­eign “threat or ag­gres­sion” will in­tim­i­date the Venezue­lan peo­ple, fol­low­ing what he called 17 weeks of threats from the US, as he com­mem­o­rat­ed the 105th an­niver­sary of the Bo­li­var­i­an Mil­i­tary Avi­a­tion of Venezuela and the 33rd an­niver­sary of the No­vem­ber 27, 1992 at­tempt­ed coup.

“If we have to take up arms, we will do so, and we would have a des­tiny of tri­umph and dig­ni­ty,” Maduro said dur­ing a mil­i­tary cer­e­mo­ny in Cara­cas.

He al­so said that “im­pe­ri­al­ism” has un­leashed psy­cho­log­i­cal war­fare and im­moral pres­sures.