{"id":1243041,"date":"2022-01-26T12:37:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1243041"},"modified":"2022-01-26T12:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:37:45","slug":"vladimir-putin-boosting-strategic-cooperation-with-latin-america-while-joe-biden-out-for-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vladimir-putin-boosting-strategic-cooperation-with-latin-america-while-joe-biden-out-for-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Putin &#039;Boosting Strategic Cooperation&#039; with Latin America While Joe Biden out for Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvladimir-putin-boosting-strategic-cooperation-with-latin-america-while-joe-biden-out-for-ice-cream%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1243041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Russian leader Vladimir Putin spent much of this month calling the leaders of allied communist nations in Latin America to discuss \u201cboosting strategic cooperation in all fields,\u201d giving Moscow enhanced leverage in the Western Hemisphere as tensions with Washington mount.<\/p>\n<p>American corporate media outlets reported a frenzy over potential Russian colonization in Washington after President Joe Biden told reporters last week that he believed Putin would formally invade Ukraine \u2013 the Russian government colonized part of Ukraine in 2014 and is a looming presence in the ongoing Donbas war in the nation\u2019s east. Biden suggested that America would not intervene in the event of a \u201cminor incursion,\u201d triggering panic that Biden\u2019s remarks would embolden Putin to colonize the entire country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ukrainian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/25\/ukraine-insists-further-russian-invasion-impossible\/\">officials<\/a>, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/20\/ukraines-zelensky-tries-to-clean-up-biden-mess-russian-invasion-risks-havent-increased\/\">denied<\/a> having any evidence of an imminent further Russian invasion, but their statements have largely evaded coverage in the United States. The Russian government denies any involvement in the Donbas war and has argued that the true threat to European stability is the potential for Ukraine to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).<\/p>\n<p>Biden himself has not commented in-depth on tensions with Russia since his extensive press conference last week. On Tuesday, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/25\/joe-biden-goes-out-for-ice-cream-in-january-as-border-crisis-and-russia-tensions-escalate\/\">casual<\/a> public stop for ice cream, Biden compared the situation in Ukraine to World War II and claimed that predicting if Russia would invade Ukraine was \u201ca little bit like reading tea leaves.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If it\u2019s above freezing, then it\u2019s ice cream weather. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o8TOL05h3X\">pic.twitter.com\/o8TOL05h3X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1486111890547908612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Tass news agency reported that Putin appeared more preoccupied with America\u2019s neighbors than Russia\u2019s this week, making time for phone calls with the dictators of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President [sic] Vladimir Putin in his recent phone calls with the leaders [sic] of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela \u2013 Miguel Diaz-Canel, Daniel Ortega and Nicolas Maduro \u2013 saw eye to eye with them on boosting strategic cooperation in all fields,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1393375\">Tass<\/a>, which cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Lavrov briefed Russian lawmakers on the calls on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent telephone conversations, President Putin and his counterparts from the three friendly countries agreed to consider ways to further deepen our strategic partnership in each and every field,\u201d Lavrov reportedly said. Tass did not report any elaboration from Lavrov on what, exactly, Putin discussed with the three leaders, or if the communists running Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua had discussed their individual relations with Russia among themselves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19635242\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237979306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19635242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237979306-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden walks to Jeni\u2019s Ice Cream on Barrack\u2019s Row in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2022. (SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granma.cu\/mundo\/2022-01-24\/presidentes-de-cuba-y-rusia-sostienen-conversacion-telefonica-24-01-2022-13-01-37\"><em>Granma<\/em><\/a>, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, confirmed the conversation between Putin and Castro regime puppet Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, celebrating the two countries\u2019 \u201cexcellent state of relations.\u201d The newspaper noted that Russia had recently sent Cuba \u201chumanitarian aid\u201d to combat the Chinese coronavirus pandemic \u2013 which Cuba has repeatedly claimed to have conquered on its own \u2013 including oxygen tanks and unspecified medicine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two also exchanged [statements] on international and regional topics,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Granma<\/em> reported cryptically.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>D\u00edaz-Canel published a photo on Monday of his latest meeting with Putin thanking him for the conversation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Sostuve cordial y fruct\u00edfera conversaci\u00f3n telef\u00f3nica con el Presidente Putin. Intercambiamos sobre excelente estado relaciones y desarrollo futuro v\u00ednculos en las diferentes esferas. Tambi\u00e9n sobre actual situaci\u00f3n internacional. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rbr1WFQ4BE\">pic.twitter.com\/Rbr1WFQ4BE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez (@DiazCanelB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiazCanelB\/status\/1485669996739051523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russia has invested heavily in the continued existence of the half-century-old communist regime in Cuba. While occasionally griping about Cuba\u2019s inability to pay back loans to Moscow, the Putin regime has not ceased offering them,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/10\/30\/report-russia-loan-cuba-50-million-buy-weapons\/\">issuing<\/a> Havana a $50 million loan in 2018 to beef up its military. Cuba largely uses its military to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanacion.com.ar\/el-mundo\/el-regimen-cubano-se-endurece-militarizara-la-isla-para-aplacar-una-protesta-disidente-nid08102021\/\">repress<\/a> political dissidents and help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2017\/11\/16\/venezuela-gen-socialist-govt-employs-92700-cubans-to-bolster-castros-ill-fated-communism\/\">entrench<\/a> its allied regime in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan state media reported on a conversation between dictator Maduro and the Russian strongman last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe exchanged on issues related to existing cooperation in various strategic areas at the highest level, a relationship that is strengthened by the unbreakable union of our peoples,\u201d Maduro himself <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/maduro-putin-talk-diplomat-hints-military-activity-82381101\">said<\/a> in a written statement on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Putin\u2019s calls to friends in Latin America follow threats this month from the Kremlin that Russia may increase its military presence in the region in response to American troops positioned in Europe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a request by U.S. President Joe Biden to allow an American military presence in countries near Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dB45VqoVUK\">https:\/\/t.co\/dB45VqoVUK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1428679768019554309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/1\/14\/russia-threatens-latin-america-troop-deployments-amid-us-tensions\">insisted<\/a> that Russia could \u201cneither confirm nor exclude\u201d the possibility that it would increase its military presence in Latin America. Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan disregarded the comment as \u201cbluster,\u201d despite the fact that extensive evidence suggests a formidable Russian presence already exists in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2019\/05\/06\/maduro-envoy-in-moscow-suggests-expanded-russian-troop-presence-in-venezuela\/\">signed<\/a> a military cooperation agreement with Venezuelan in 2001 that has resulted in a near-permanent Russian presence in the Caribbean country.&nbsp;Russian news agencies reported the Putin had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2018\/12\/18\/russia-announces-military-base-in-venezuela\/\">greenlit<\/a> plans in 2018 to establish a permanent military base on the island of La Orchila, belonging to the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur strategic bombers do not have to return to Russia every time [after an exercises], and will not need to refuel midair during patrol missions to the Americas,\u201d&nbsp;Shamil Garayev, a Russian military expert, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2018\/12\/18\/russia-announces-military-base-in-venezuela\/\">explained<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, a commission of [Russian] specialists is present on the territory of Venezuela and, no doubt, it may be expanded,\u201d then-Venezuelan Foreign Ministry Jorge Arreaza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2019\/05\/06\/maduro-envoy-in-moscow-suggests-expanded-russian-troop-presence-in-venezuela\/\">admitted<\/a> in Moscow a year later. Russia also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2019\/06\/25\/russia-sends-ships-war-planes-to-cuba-and-venezuela\/\">docked<\/a> one of its top warships in Havana that year, on the same island as America\u2019s military base at Guant\u00e1namo Bay.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643287487626000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FUQUXd_l8yxhVde9H7F3k\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643287487626000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0x0dr_PgXYM7ME8mA6lbmQ\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian leader Vladimir Putin spent much of this month calling the leaders of allied communist nations in Latin America to discuss \u201cboosting strategic cooperation in all fields,\u201d giving Moscow enhanced &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1243041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1243041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1243041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1243041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}