Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López asserted this Saturday that the United States is seeking to impose a narrative to "attack" the country, following the alleged deployment of U.S. military troops to the Caribbean "to combat drug trafficking."

"The problem is a narrative that they want to impose to attack Venezuela. In other words, they construct lies that become truth," the minister said in a video posted on his Instagram.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Vladimir Padrino López (@padrinovladimir)

Padrino López stated that the United States has a "vast communications apparatus to spread its lies and construct false positives."

"It's a battle between truth and lies, but the imperialist media apparatus is so vast that it manages to turn lies into 'truths.'"

"

See Full Page