article_snippet: Venezuela has declared the United States to be an 'imminent danger' at the launch of two weeks of Cold War-style military drills and parades featuring weapons made in Russia and China.
article_snippet: The launch of two weeks of military drills came just days after Barack Obama declared Venezuela a national security threat, restricted travel to the United States and froze the assets of some citizens of a nation already struggling with a widespread shortage of goods.
article_snippet: : Venezuela declared the United States to be an 'imminent danger' at the launch of two weeks of Cold War-style military drills and parades featuring weapons made in Russia and China .
article_snippet: Speaking to the Financial Times, Carlos Romero, a professor of international relations at the Central University of Venezuela, said Washington's declaration of Venezuela as a national security threat has 'worked very well for the U.S. government'.
highlights_snippet: Nicolas Maduro said legal change came in the face of 'American threats'
  Last week Barack Obama declared Venezuela a national security threat .