Venezuela's Anti-US Alliances
Posted By: 4250Luis, 12/3/2025 5:16:34 AM
Perhaps more significant to US strategic interests [than Venezuela's smuggling illegal drugs] is Maduro's cooperation with an anti-American alliance of autocracies in the Western Hemisphere. These include Russia, Cuba, China and Iran. Iran's regime, both before and after a number of visits to Venezuela, delivered military drones to Venezuela and has been strengthening Venezuela's military, thereby enabling the Maduro regime to threaten its neighbors including Guyana, Trinidad and Colombia, as well as the US. Cuba's role in Venezuela is even more invasive than that of Iran. Russia's role in helping to buttress Maduro's regime includes arms sales, joint army and air force exercises,
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Venezuela's Anti-US Alliances
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Perhaps more significant to US strategic interests [than Venezuela's smuggling illegal drugs] is Maduro's cooperation with an anti-American alliance of autocracies in the Western Hemisphere. These include Russia, Cuba, China and Iran.
Iran's regime, both before and after a number of visits to Venezuela, delivered military drones to Venezuela and has been strengthening Venezuela's military, thereby enabling the Maduro regime to threaten its neighbors including Guyana, Trinidad and Colombia, as well as the US.
Cuba's role in Venezuela is even more invasive than that of Iran.
Russia's role in helping to buttress Maduro's regime includes arms sales, joint army and air force exercises,
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