From AntiWar.com, March 6:
Biden seeks to split Maduro from Putin as tensions over Ukraine increase.
Senior officials from the White House and State Department are in Venezuela to meet with the government led by Nicolas Maduro. While Maduro has maintained power in Venezuela, since 2019 the US has recognized opposition figure Juan Guaido as the country’s true leader, backing him with millions in aid while making his rise to power a condition for sanctions relief.
Arriving in Caracas over the weekend, the US delegation includes White House official Roger Carstens, National Security Council staffer Juan González and the US envoy to Venezuela Jimmy Story, the Washington Post reports.
According to unnamed sources who talked to the New York Times, the move is meant to counter Moscow’s influence. After the US began sanctioning Venezuela in 2015, Maduro increased economic ties with Iran, Russia, and China. The relationship between Caracas and Moscow has only grown deeper since, as Russia sent 100 troops and unspecified gear to Venezuela in 2019, having already sent advisers in the past.
With some Biden officials anticipating a protracted, decades-long conflict in Ukraine, they worry Russia’s foothold in South America could present a security threat....
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