Beijing’s failure to defend its “all-weather” ally Venezuela following the United States’ capture of the nation’s leader Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3 illustrates its incompetence and undermines its political and economic leverage across Latin America, experts say.
This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he anticipated temporary American oversight of Venezuela’s interim government could extend for years in an interview with The New York Times published on Jan. 8.
A day earlier, a report by ABC News that cites several unnamed sources stated that the White House had asked the interim Venezuelan government to scale back its ties with China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba….
US Operations in Venezuela Shatter Beijing’s Influence in Latin America: Analysts
