Maduro mobilises 4.5 million militia: Defies Trump’s $50M bounty; vows rifles for Venezuela peasants

Nicolas Maduro plans to deploy 4.5 million militia members. This is in response to perceived threats from the United States. The US increased the bounty for Maduro’s arrest. They also launched anti-drug operations in the Caribbean. Maduro calls the US actions extravagant and bizarre. He also seeks to expand worker and peasant militias.