Beijing and Moscow were among those backing Maduro. Over the weekend, Russian troops were seen disembarking military aircraft at Caracas's international airport to attend what a diplomatic source as described as "bilateral consultations" to Russia's state-run Sputnik News.
https://www.newsweek.com/china-us-venezuela-russia-troops-backyard-1375871
China Arming Venezuelan Navy With Anti-Ship Missiles
https://news.usni.org/2020/10/16/china-arming-venezuelan-navy-with-anti-ship-missiles
https://news.usni.org/2020/10/16/china-arming-venezuelan-navy-with-anti-ship-missiles
It is a trade deal, China, like the USA & your russia sell arms to anyone that will buy them, like we do w/ the butchers of the middle east.
Our great deal w/ Taiwan is a classic example & prob pisses them off to no end, yea think!!!!
Trump Drove Latin America Into China’s Arms
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump took an aggressive approach to Latin America that has spectacularly backfired. Two years ago, John Bolton, who was then the U.S. national security adviser, dubbed the autocratic regimes of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua the “Troika of Tyranny” and confronted the three countries with crippling sanctions and menacing rhetoric. “Today, we proudly proclaim for all to hear: the Monroe Doctrine is alive and well,” Bolton said in April 2019, referring to the principle behind the long and traumatic history of U.S. interventions in Latin America.



