The ships showed up in Havana harbor Monday and the official said it may conduct a passage near Venezuela, or make port there after it leaves Cuban waters.
The dispatch of the naval group is "Sending a signal by pulling into Havana at the same time that everything is going on in Venezuela."
Elliott Abrams, U.S. special representative for Venezuela, told reporters that instead of caring for millions of poor, sick, and hungry citizens, the Maduro regime is spending millions on military goods.
"In May, Venezuela signed a $209 million air defense contract with Russia to repair an air defense system, to buy nine Sukhoi fighter jets, and to buy eight transport helicopters. The regime also continues giving foreign aid to Cuba, providing oil without payment in exchange, unless the payment is the repressive intelligence apparatus, manned by about 2,500 Cuban agents that Cuba maintains in Venezuela to help keep the regime in power."
The official noted "a very troubling dichotomy where the United States is bringing humanitarian aid, bringing doctors and medicine and the Russian government, guided missile frigates, and military personnel to Venezuela."
Bolton said the administration has put pressure on both the Maduro regime and Cuba by imposing new sanctions on the communist regime in Havana.
The administration is planning additional sanctions on people in Venezuela and Cuba and to prevent Venezuela from transferring oil to Cuba.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/moscow-sends-warships-to-havana-in-message-to-us/
The dispatch of the naval group is "Sending a signal by pulling into Havana at the same time that everything is going on in Venezuela."
Elliott Abrams, U.S. special representative for Venezuela, told reporters that instead of caring for millions of poor, sick, and hungry citizens, the Maduro regime is spending millions on military goods.
"In May, Venezuela signed a $209 million air defense contract with Russia to repair an air defense system, to buy nine Sukhoi fighter jets, and to buy eight transport helicopters. The regime also continues giving foreign aid to Cuba, providing oil without payment in exchange, unless the payment is the repressive intelligence apparatus, manned by about 2,500 Cuban agents that Cuba maintains in Venezuela to help keep the regime in power."
The official noted "a very troubling dichotomy where the United States is bringing humanitarian aid, bringing doctors and medicine and the Russian government, guided missile frigates, and military personnel to Venezuela."
Bolton said the administration has put pressure on both the Maduro regime and Cuba by imposing new sanctions on the communist regime in Havana.
The administration is planning additional sanctions on people in Venezuela and Cuba and to prevent Venezuela from transferring oil to Cuba.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/moscow-sends-warships-to-havana-in-message-to-us/
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