Maduro signs decree on external commotion amid foreign threats: vice president

CARACAS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a decree on "State of External Commotion" in response to what the government described as foreign aggressions, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said here Monday.

The decree grants Maduro additional security powers in case of a military incursion into the country, Rodriguez announced during a meeting of the National Council for Sovereignty and