In the early morning of the 8th local time, Venezuelan President Maduro announced through social media that starting from 0:00 on the 8th, the "Independence 200" integrated activation exercise will be launched simultaneously in the northern states of La Guaira and Carabobo. After the exercise was launched, the comprehensive defense zones of the two places followed a "zone activation" model, focusing on defense, resistance and sustained attack plans, and set up 27 action contents to test regional linkage and overall protection capabilities.

According to the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Commission, according to the exercise plan, starting from 5:00 on the 8th, militia and social forces will join the systematic dispatch and coordinate with the military and police forces to carry out actions such as guarding important places, social patrols and emergency response. The focus of the action covers key points such as airports, ports, customs, toll stations, military and police units and community radio stations.

The recent tensions between Venezuela and the United States have continued.Since the beginning of September, the United States has deployed several warships in the Caribbean waters near Venezuela to "fight Latin American drug trafficking groups."Maduro has accused the United States of intending to change the regime in Venezuela through military threats and conduct military expansion in Latin America.