<p>The U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) conducted a joint military exercise with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Thursday in an apparent effort to deter socialist Venezuela from invading the the South American country.</p>
<p>Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro held a a sham referendum earlier this week on whether the country should annex the majority of Guyana, an oil rich country on Venezuela&#8217;s eastern border.</p>
<p>The Miami Herald <a href="https://archive.is/gtGXz#selection-1959.0-1969.61">reported</a> that U.S. officials have not yet seen the type of military activity they would expect to see if Venezuela was close to launching an invasion.</p>
<p>However, officials warned that even a small force deployed by Venezuela could spark the need for a &#8220;global response&#8221; which would add to the increased instability happening around the world, including Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, Iran stirring up terrorism in the Middle East, China threatening to invade Taiwan, and North Korea continuing to act belligerent.</p>
<p>John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council in the White House, claimed on Thursday that people should not read too much into the joint military exercise.</p>
<p>“I’d be careful drawing too strong connective tissue between routine military operations that we do in the region and this particular issue,” said Kirby. “That said, as I said before, we recognize the sovereign territory of Guyana, and as we do with many nations — sovereign nations — in the region, we conduct operations and exercises as appropriate.”</p>
<p>“We absolutely stand by our unwavering support for Guyana’s sovereignty,” he added.</p>
<p>Amid the threats from Venezuela, leftist Brazil has deployed its military along its border with Venezuela because if Venezuela were to try to invade the oil-rich Essequibo region they would likely need to enter through Brazil due to challenging terrain along the Venezuela-Guyana border.</p>
<p>Experts warn that Maduro might be trying to simply stir things up with a small military conflict to use as a pretext for declaring martial law before the country&#8217;s elections next year.</p>
<p>“The Venezuelan armed forces might have enough equipment to make some kind of show of force, but it really does not have the men for a serious effort,” said Manuel Cristopher Figuera, a retired major general in the Venezuelan army. “This is a farce — a perfect farce to declare martial law.”</p>

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