Overview

• The government says the decree would activate immediately upon any external aggression and must be submitted to the National Assembly and the Constitutional Chamber within eight days.
• The measure authorizes nationwide troop mobilization, military control of public services and hydrocarbon infrastructure, activation of security plans, and potential closures of land, sea and air borders.
• The decree is set to run for 90 days with a possible 90‑day extension, and legal analysts note that certain constitutional rights remain non‑derogable even under a state of exception.
• Civil society organizations, including Acceso a la Justicia, urge publication so citizens can see which guarantees are restricted, warning about weak checks on executive power.
• The announcement follows expanded U.S. counternarcotics deployments in the Caribbean and lethal strikes on suspected drug boats, as NBC News reported planners studying options for strikes inside Venezuela.