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Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro delivered a defiant address in Caracas earlier this week, brandishing a sword and warning supporters to prepare for confrontation with what he called “imperialist aggression” as President Donald Trump said the United States will “very soon” begin stopping suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers on land.

Maduro appeared at a mass rally in the capital holding the sword of Simón Bolívar, the 19th-century independence leader regarded as the liberator of much of South America. Maduro told supporters that the country was facing a decisive moment.

The Associated Press reported him saying that, “For anyone, whether civilian, politician, military, or police. Let no one make excuses. Failure is not an option. The homeland

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