Venezuela prepares for guerrilla warfare in case of US attack, Reuters reports

According to the outlet, the government of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has settled on two strategies in the event the US launches an attack. One of them is prolonged resistance.

Sources told the outlet that prolonged resistance would involve guerrilla defense. Venezuela plans to deploy small military units at more than 280 locations across the country. They would carry out sabotage and other actions against US forces.

The other strategy, according to Reuters interlocutors, involves using intelligence and armed supporters of the ruling party to spark unrest in the streets of the capital, Caracas, in order to make Venezuela ungovernable for foreign forces.

Unnamed sources told journalists that the two strategies would complement each other in the event of a US attack.

"We wouldn't last two hours in a conventional war," one source said.

Another Reuters source stressed that the country is not "prepared or professionalized for a conflict," despite government statements to the contrary.

"We're not ready to face one of the world's most powerful and well-trained armies," he added.

Rumors about US plans

Since September, the US has begun striking vessels near Venezuelan waters that could be transporting drugs.

By October, Western media reported that the US was preparing a larger operation to overthrow Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

Specifically, at the end of October, The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reported that the US was preparing strikes against Venezuela.

Against this backdrop, US President Donald Trump assured that he has no plans to strike Venezuela.