The planes were carrying 100 troops and 35 tons of materials
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his Russian counterpart Monday that the United States “will not stand idly by” if Russia continues to send military personnel to Venezuela to prop up President Nicolás Maduro, the State Department said.
The Trump administration has charged Russia and Cuba, Maduro’s main backers, with intervening to keep him in power. Separately, Nikolai Patrushev, head of the state security council, accused the administration of acting to “promote U.S. economic interests” and “take over Venezuelan oil,” according to an interview with the Izvestia newspaper published Monday. Last month, Patrushev charged that the United States was deploying troops to Colombia and Puerto Rico ahead of a planned military intervention to topple Maduro.
“They want to make it as visible as possible,” San Miguel said. “This is a sort of bluff in a strategically important moment for Maduro.” In December, Russia sent two nuclear-capable long range bombers to Venezuela for several days to participate in what it said were joint exercises.
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