Venezuela

Now, that you have gotten all caught up with the political timeline, let's look at the current situation in Venezuela.

Current Situation

With a collapsing socialist economy, Venezuela suffers from massive hyper-inflation, shortages of food and medicine, and just about every other hardship you can imagine as the socialist regime of Maduro collapses in on itself.

Over 3 million Venezuelans have been forced to flee to neighboring countries like Brazil and Columbia due to the humanitarian crisis that has seen people die of starvation, and the political crisis that has regime opposition leaders locked up, and the citizenry being shot in the streets.

Maduro Regime

Maduro has refused to allow humanitarian aid into the people and has closed the borders with Brazil and Columbia, as both sides increase their military presence.

Russia and China in Venezuela

Russia and China both have significant investments in the Maduro regime. Both have been expanding their economic, military, and geo-political presence throughout Latin America, but their gem of a foothold lies with the Maduro regime. This is especially true for Russia.

Russia has moved in military personnel and equipment, though the total amounts are unknown to us. China has also just moved in 120 troops. The lines have been drawn and sides have been taken in Venezuela . The threat of possible military action to remove Maduro looms large.

The U.S. presented a resolution to the U.N. to support free, fair, and open democratic elections in the Country, and to ensure the free-flow of humanitarian aid to the people. As expected, the Chinese and Russians used their veto power on the resolution, proving yet again how worthless the United Nations is.

Hedging their bets?

China and Russia have invested billions in the socialist country and need to protect their investments. Both however, have met with opposition leaders in an attempt to hedge their bets.

For interim president Guaido to work out some deals with Russia/China regarding their investment, might help to move this towards a peaceful resolution. The indication thus far, is that the Guaido regime would not honor current agreements with Russia and China. But, there is more to it that just the financial investments.

Geo-Political and military advantage of Venezuela

Russia and China do not want a pro-American government installed in Venezuela. The current socialist regime is their foothold in Latin America (LA), for arms sales, economic investments, gold, oil resources and contracts, and a strategic geo-political statement.

The geo-political statement is that we can come to the United State's back door and compete with them. Arms sales and military bases give them strategic points from which they can challenge the military power of the U.S.

The United States has long enjoyed friendly neighbors to the North and South, with two huge oceans to protect her from her enemies.

These footholds that Russia and China are establishing in Venezuela, and other areas in Latin America, begin to erode that geographical advantage.

While Russia and China often find similar ground to join on, they do have different objectives which we will get into shortly. The two are actually in competition with each other in Venezuela, as they are throughout the Latin American region.

Cooperation in Anti-Americanism

Their cooperation is found in keeping an anti-American regime in Venezuela and propagate the same sentiment throughout the region. Keeping the U.S. out, so they can fight over the spoils between themselves, but it doesn't stop there.

Putin isn't finished yet, but he knows the Maduro regime probably won last much longer. He is strengthening ties with other socialists in the region, like Bolivia.

A grim outlook for Maduro

Moscow continues to provide the socialist regime of Maduro with crucial financial and military support. However, reports suggest there is increasing concern among Kremlin officials about how much longer Maduro can last, as the majority of Venezuelans rally round interim President Juan Guaidó, the country’s legitimate head of state.

In addition to Venezuelans, dozens of nations – most in Latin America – have refused to do business with Maduro and instead accept Guaidó as the nation’s president.

In addition to Bolivia and Venezuela, Putin has also maintained close ties to the communist dictatorships in Cuba and Nicaragua, providing them with vital political and military support in a bid to expand Moscow’s influence over Latin America and the world as a whole.

Latest News On Venezuela:

Other late breaking news in Venezuela has to do with massive power outages and internet outages. Maduro claims these are attacks on his crumbling infrastructure from outside the country pointing the finger at the U.S. None of these claims have been confirmed, though possible.

One thing we do know, its that Venezuela has endured many outages in the past. He may just be blaming his crumbling infrastructure problems on others. At this point, there is no way to tell for sure.

Just at the time of this release, Maduro is claiming that the U.S. is preparing for a false flag attack in Venezuela. Other stories below.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/03/09/could-venezuelas-power-outage-really-be-a-cyber-attack/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8735597/venezuela-power-outage-offline-hospital-water-supply/