They see Venezuela’s political crisis as part of a global campaign of American subversion against Russia, and believe backing Mr. Maduro is a matter of principle and self-defense.

DUELLING PARTNERS: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, holds a replica of the sword of Simon Bolivar, a national hero, as Igor Sechin, CEO of Russian oil firm Rosneft, looks on from the left in ...

Russia said "it would be nice to know" what U.S. military advisers were doing in Colombia and why President Donald Trump wants Venezuela's other neighbor, Brazil, to join NATO.

When two of Russia’s most modern, nuclear-capable bombers landed in Venezuela earlier this week, American officials quickly took note. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted out a statement ...

Moscow -- Russia's Foreign Ministry has said Russian military personnel who arrived in Venezuela over the weekend have every right to be there. The rift between Russia and the United States over ...

CARACAS, VENEZUELA — The Russians are coming, including Peter the Great. For the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian warships are sailing toward the Caribbean Sea to ...

Russia in Venezuela. There are unmistakable parallels between Syria and Venezuela. In both cases, a long-standing Russian client was on the ropes, facing a rising tide of popular opposition, ...

Venezuela has taken a significant step to strengthen its alliance with Russia by signing crucial agreements during a recent high-profile meeting in Caracas. The discussions, led by Russian Deputy ...

Exclusive: Russia Secretly Helped Venezuela Launch a Cryptocurrency to Evade U.S. Sanctions. 13 minute read. By Simon Shuster. March 20, 2018 12:35 PM EDT.

Russia sent two warships to visit Venezuela earlier this month following a stop in Cuba, and Moscow also has warm ties with Nicaragua. The United States says such visits pose no threat, and they ...

Russia’s ties to Latin America and the Caribbean are not new, but the war in Ukraine has emboldened Putin to deepen his influence in the region by revitalizing military ties with Venezuela, Cuba ...

With Venezuela in shambles, Mexico, the main U.S. trading partner, has become Cuba’s new lifeline, sending food, oil and ...