Two Russian planes with 100 troops landed in Venezuela this weekend, Reuters reports, citing media reports and flight tracking websites.
The move is the latest signal of strengthening ties between Caracas and Moscow amid growing pressure on the Maduro government from Washington.
It also comes three months after the Venezuelan and Russian army conducted joint military exercises in Venezuela.
At the time, the U.S. government slammed the exercises as Russian "Encroachment" in South America.
The news will no doubt spark a reaction from Washington as the Venezuelan crisis continues with no resolution in sight despite the increasing pressure that the United States is piling up on the government in Caracas.
The leader of the opposition and president of the national Assembly, Juan Guaido, said this weekend that the end of the Maduro government is in sight.
"The diplomatic pressure has worked, the economic pressure and the pressure on assets have worked," Guaido also told Reuters.
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The move is the latest signal of strengthening ties between Caracas and Moscow amid growing pressure on the Maduro government from Washington.
It also comes three months after the Venezuelan and Russian army conducted joint military exercises in Venezuela.
At the time, the U.S. government slammed the exercises as Russian "Encroachment" in South America.
The news will no doubt spark a reaction from Washington as the Venezuelan crisis continues with no resolution in sight despite the increasing pressure that the United States is piling up on the government in Caracas.
The leader of the opposition and president of the national Assembly, Juan Guaido, said this weekend that the end of the Maduro government is in sight.
"The diplomatic pressure has worked, the economic pressure and the pressure on assets have worked," Guaido also told Reuters.
https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/South-America/Russian-Troops-Land-In-Oil-Rich-Venezuela.html
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