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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Venezuela Honors Women Militia Members, Condemns Trump's Misogyny</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">September 25, 2025</div>
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Venezuelan militia women being decorated by the FANB. Caracas, September 23, 2025. Photo: EFE.</p>
</div><div id="gmail-content"><div><p>Caracas (<a href="https://orinocotribune.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OrinocoTribune.com</a>)\u2014Venezuela\u2019s
Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) has decorated five female
militia members, declaring them \u201cdefenders of the homeland\u201d in a direct
response to what Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino described as a
supremacist and misogynistic social media post by the president of the
US empire, Donald Trump.</p><p>\u201cThe militiawomen I have here to my
right, who come from the state of Sucre and whose hands will not shake,\u201d
the minister said this Tuesday, September 23, \u201cwere decorated today, on
the instructions of our commander-in-chief, Nicolás Maduro, by the
Bolivarian National Armed Force.\u201d</p><p>The women, each holding machine
guns and wearing militia gear, were honored on a stage set up on Bolívar
Avenue in Caracas. The emblematic thoroughfare was filled with a
massive crowd that had marched through the capital to reject US imperial
military threats and warmongering rhetoric.</p><p><strong>Condemnation of \u2018supremacist\u2019 mockery</strong><br>
The event was a response to a sarcastic social media post by Trump on
Monday. Commenting on a video from a Bolivarian Militia training session
that showed an overweight participant carrying an automatic weapon, he
wrote, \u201cTop secret: We have caught the Venezuelan military in training. A
very serious threat!\u201d</p><p>Minister Padrino condemned Trump\u2019s actions
as \u201cjust another farce\u201d and an \u201cact of little human value,\u201d as well as
an act of \u201cdisrespect.\u201d</p><p>\u201cTheir mockery is racism [\u2026] that can\u2019t be
called anything other than supremacism,\u201d he added. \u201cThey see the rest
of the world in a minuscule way, because of course, they have imperial
hegemony and all their technology and military equipment to intimidate
and frighten the peoples of the world.\u201d</p><p><strong>Women vow to defend their homeland</strong><br>
One of the decorated women, Isabel Arias, spoke before the crowd, saying
she was willing to \u201cpick up a rifle\u201d as many times as necessary to
defend peace in her country.</p><p>\u201cMy name is Isabel Arias, a woman of
the communes, a worker, a fighter,\u201d the young militia woman said.
\u201cToday, my spirit is higher than ever. Nothing and no one will trample
on the dignity of Venezuelan women. If I have to pick up a rifle 20,000
times to defend peace in Venezuela, I will be here 20,000 times to do
it. We are brave women, warriors, and fighters who will give our all for
our families, our children, our homeland, and for peace. Venezuelan
women are to be respected, and that is why we are here.\u201d</p><p>\u201cToday, I feel more morale-boosting than ever,\u201d she said. \u201cNothing and no one will trample on the dignity of Venezuelan women.\u201d</p><p>Caracas
Mayor Carmen Meléndez also condemned Trump\u2019s remarks, noting she had
\u201cnever seen\u201d in her life \u201ca president mock women\u201d in such a way.</p><p>She
stated that \u201cthe women of Venezuela have the strength to defend their
homeland,\u201d adding, \u201cI tell that president that a woman gave birth to
him, he has a wife and daughters, so Venezuelan women are to be
respected.\u201d</p><p>Special for Orinoco Tribune by staff</p><p>OT/JRE/AU</p></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div>