Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, has created a new military zone called “Zona de Defensa Integral (ZODI) Guayana Esequiba.” A Zona de Defensa Integral (ZODI) in Venezuela is a territorial unit created for the purpose of national defense. It’s a part of Venezuela’s military structure under the control of the Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB), the […]
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