Russia Rebuffs Trump, Says They Sent ‘Specialists’ to Venezuela

Russia Rebuffs Trump, Says They Sent ‘Specialists’ to Venezuela
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a rally at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela on March 9, 2019. YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
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Russia rebuffed calls from President Donald Trump to remove all military personnel from Venezuela, saying on March 28 that they had sent “Russian specialists” as part of a military cooperation deal.

A day before, Trump said that “all options” were being considered in order to make Russia pull their troops out of Venezuela. The president’s remarks follow reports last week that two Russian air force planes landed outside Caracas carrying nearly 100 Russian troops.

Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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