Venezuela is being used as a staging ground for the conflict between the communists and the USA. There is a far greater peril with Venezuela than starving people.
Diplomats need to leave the country for their own safety due to rapidly deteriorating conditions, but, 90 day unilateral war within Venezuela by Trump is simply playing into Russia's plans for a major First World war with Russia, Cuba and China.
...The Russian resolution called for a peaceful settlement of the conflict, but added that Maduro needed to approve aid deliveries. The Russian text also expressed "concern over the threats to use force" against Venezuela....
The Russian "concern" is a pretext to war. Russia has no intention of providing humanitarian aid.
March 11, 2019
By Kenneth Rapoza
Unless that Petro coin is worth anything, (click here) it is going to be increasingly difficult for Venezuela’s ruling Socialists United to get loans from abroad. Especially if it means the bank has to go through the American financial system.
Treasury sanctioned Russia’s Evrofinance on Monday, sending a clear message to other foreign lenders.
Evronfinance was involved in helping Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro set up the nation’s cryptocurrency last year as an end-around potential sanctions. Sanctions have now hit and are getting worse for the struggling Venezuelan leadership.
Targeting Russia is a shot across the bow to other lenders. Chinese banks could easily be next. Both Russia and China have been the lenders of first—and last—resort for Venezuela....
The Russian soldiers currently in Venezuela are there to protect Maduro, but, they are also there for reconnaissance. Russia is carrying out it's strategy for war against the USA.
Trump is playing right into their plans. I find the willingness of Trump without a consensus of NATO or the surrounding South American countries inconsistent with USA policy and more reminiscent of "W"s invasion of Iraq.
Russia has been leading up to this for a long time. It has been building relationships with South American countries since the Iraq invasion by the USA. Putin knows once the elections of 2020 occur there will be a sea change of political will in DC and he won't be tolerated for any of Russia's mischieve. Putin is building up forces along it's western border to invade NATO while Trump is distracted by Venezuela. Trump has proven indifferent to NATO and now it is evident why.
January 25, 2019
Moscow - Private military contractors (click here) who do secret missions for Russia flew into Venezuela in the past few days to beef up security for President Nicolas Maduro in the face of U.S.-backed opposition protests, according to two people close to them.
A third source close to the Russian contractors also told Reuters there was a contingent of them in Venezuela, but could not say when they arrived or what their role was.
Russia, which has backed Maduro's socialist government to the tune of billions of dollars, this week promised to stand by him after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself president with Washington's endorsement.
It was the latest international crisis to split the global superpowers, with the United States and Europe backing Guaido, and Russia and China urging non-interference.
Yevgeny Shabayev, leader of a local chapter of a paramilitary group of Cossacks with ties to Russian military contractors, said he had heard the number of Russian contractors in Venezuela may be about 400....
