Maduro vows to defend ‘every inch’ of Venezuela as Trump cranks up pressure

US president says he is prepared to do things the easy way ... or the hard way' amid military buildup in Caribbean

• A visual guide to the US military presence in the Caribbean

Donald Trump has warned Nicolas Maduro he can do things the easy way ... or the hard way" as Venezuela's authoritarian leader responded to the growing US pressure campaign by urging followers to prepare to defend every inch" of the South American country.

Clad in woodland camouflage fatigues, Maduro told a rally in the capital, Caracas, it was their historic duty to fight foreign aggressors, just as the Venezuelan liberation hero Simon Bolivar did two centuries ago.