Also on rt.com Venezuela divide Turkey, Russia, China stand against Washington, its Latin America allies At the end of last year, Trump administration slated Maduro government and hinted it was considering military action against Venezuela. ..…
State Department paper says 'All policies toward Venezuela are affected in greater or less degree by the objective of assuring an adequate supply of petroleum for the U.S.'. . 1959: Democratically-elected leader Romulo Betancourt takes power in Venezuela, regarded by the U.S. as an anti-Communist ally..…
Consequently, Pompeo said, the U.S. did not plan to withdraw personnel from Venezuela as Maduro demanded. . . . Washington’s push against Caracas has benefited from unusual unity in Latin America and the Caribbean for efforts to punish Maduro and end his autocratic rule,..…
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