Britain is warned 'don't mess with Venezuela' as President Maduro slams 'decadent, rotten, ex-empire of the UK' for sending a Navy warship to protect Guyana

Britain has been warned not to ‘mess with Venezuela’ as President Nicolas Maduro slammed the ‘decadent, rotten, ex-empire of the UK’ for sending a Navy warship to protect Guyana. 

President Maduro on Thursday ordered more than 5,600 military personnel to participate in a ‘defensive’ exercise near the border with Guyana, in response to Britain sending a warship to the area.

Maduro said he was launching ‘a joint action of a defensive nature in response to the provocation and threat of the…