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Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:51 PM Wednesday

Venezuela's Maduro turns to Putin as new Cold War heats up - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD



As Washington ramps up military pressure on Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro is once again leaning on his old friend Vladimir Putin in Moscow. But can, or will, Russia come to his aid this time? Eastern Express breaks down the geopolitics behind the USS Gerald R. Ford’s arrival in the Caribbean, Maduro’s desperate outreach to the Kremlin, and why Putin’s war in Ukraine changes everything. A new chapter of the U.S.–Russia rivalry might just be unfolding south of the equator.
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