United States and Russia both failed in rival bids to get Security Council to adopt resolutions on Venezuela February.. ..…

Vice President Mike Pence told Security Council on Wednesday Trump administration is determined to remove President Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, preferably through diplomatic and economic pressure, but all options are on the table — and Russia and others need to step aside.. ... ..…

More than 50 countries, including the United States and Venezuela’s largest neighbours, have recognised Guaido, the head of the National Assembly, as the South American nation’s leader. Russia and others dismiss that claim and recognise socialist Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate..…

There are now twenty-six countries from Russia and Burma to Zimbabwe and Venezuela, under various forms of U.S economic sanctions. ..…

Pence’s anti-Venezuela address was an exercise in imperial hubris and arrogance – effectively countered by its UN envoy Mondada and Russia’s Nebenzia. . The session achieved nothing to resolve weeks of failed US efforts to topple Maduro, eliminate Venezuela’s social..…

Russia and the United States are fighting a proxy war in Venezuela. Russia backs Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolás Maduro, even though his regime has rigged the election and allowed crime, violence and starvation to rise. ... Until recently, Brazil, Cuba and..…

Their various statements have shaped a narrative that places Venezuela as the base of operations for Russia, Iran, Cuba and China. ..…

Maduro has accused the United States of trying to orchestrate a coup in order to install Guaido as a US puppet so Washington can take control of Venezuela’s oil resources. Russia, China, Cuba, Bolivia, Turkey and a number of other countries have voiced their support..…