Russia Signs Deal to Send Navy to Venezuela After 'Unacceptable' U.S. Moves
Source: Newsweek
Tom O'Connor 7 hrs ago
The Russian military has signed a deal that would allow it to send military ships to Venezuela, expressing support for the Latin American country. The U.S. has been critical of current Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and has backed attempts to replace him.
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino met Thursday in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, with whom he "signed an agreement on the visits of warships to the ports of both states and discussed the situation in Venezuela, as well as issues of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation." The deal came as Caracas was in the throes of a months-long political crisis between Moscow-backed President Nicolás Maduro and Washington-backed National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó.
Following President Donald Trump's announcement last week of a near-total boycott of Maduro's administration, Padrino told Shoigu that Venezuela was "indeed currently going through a difficult situation, due to U.S. actions," calling it "absolutely insolent the way it violates international law."
Shoigu, for his part, said Russian officials "are closely following the events taking place in Venezuela" and "note the unprecedented pressure of Washington aimed at destabilizing the situation in your country." Offering his support for Maduro in "pursuing an independent foreign policy and counteracting U.S. attempts to change the legitimately-elected government," Shoigu said he considered "external interference, especially in the present, extremely tense atmosphere, unacceptable."
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Historic NY
(37,454 posts)Putins backing the dictator.
JI7
(89,279 posts)fuck he does because of the US .
Perseus
(4,341 posts)Venezuela is in a very good strategic geographic position that allows Russia, and if its left alone, to control all of South America and later on move into Central, then North America.
We need to get rid of the puppet creature ASAP, this is terrible news for the Venezuelan people, and the World. Vladimir Putin wants to be remembered as "Vladimir The Great", that is of course if the World is not blown up to pieces, and he gets his chance to become a historic figure.
oasis
(49,428 posts)EX500rider
(10,881 posts)....at least one that doesn't have to travel with tug boats for when they break down.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)Marthe48
(17,047 posts)There was a reason for Teddy Roosevelt saying, 'Walk softly and carry a big stick.'
The reasons haven't gone away.
Xolodno
(6,406 posts)....the more it slips out of his fingers.
Imbecile thinks everyone must yield to the "Empire". World isn't that simplistic.