China Has 120 Soldiers In Venezuela (Updated)


Zero Hedge: China Sends Over 120 Troops To Venezuela In Defiance Of US Warnings

It doesn't appear last Friday's strong warning from national security adviser John Bolton for countries "external to the Western Hemisphere" to keep their militaries out of Venezuela had the intended effect. Bolton's and other White House statements saying "Russia has to get out" came following Russian Air Force planes landing in Caracas with about 100 troops, which the Kremlin said were there as "specialists" servicing existing defense equipment contracts.

And now according to Al-Masdar News, citing defense analyst photographs and local reports, "more than 120 soldiers from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army arrived at Venezuela’s Margarita Island to deliver humanitarian and military supplies to the government forces."

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WNU Editor: Chinese state media is still focusing much of the blame for the mess that Venezuela is currently in on the U.S. and on the opposition .... Is there a way out of Venezuela's multiple crisis? (Jiang Shixue, China.org.cn).

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