Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced mobilization of the Bolivarian National Militia over the United States’ threat to destabilize the country.

Axar.az informs, citing TASS, "I am calling for the mobilization of the Bolivarian National Militia in the military headquarters, in the central squares and in the headquarters of the 15,751 people's integrated defense base on August 23 and 24," Maduro told the militia as broadcast by the Venezolana de Televisión channel.

"Venezuela will win again in the face of the criminal threat of American imperialism," the head of state said. "There is imperialism with its threats, screams and psychological warfare; here we are with our strength, might and the right to peace," Maduro said, adding that "the unity of the military, the people and the police" guarantees success.

The Venezuelan leader pointed to the need to "defend the historical right to build its own economic, political, cultural, social and military model" and Latin America's right to "independence and sovereignty."

The Bolivarian National Militia, according to Maduro, has more than 4.5 million members.