CARACAS: Venezuela's armed forces will not accept any government subservient to the United States, Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said during a visit to a military hospital in the capital Caracas.
"The Bolivarian National Armed Forces will not allow a government that is kneeling, enslaved, or submissive to US interests, " Padrino Lopez said on Friday (local time), according to state broadcaster Venezolana de Television.
He urged Venezuelans to remember that some opposition leaders have previously called for foreign intervention and sanctions against the country, reports Xinhua news agency.