{"id":1350370,"date":"2022-02-28T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T23:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1350370"},"modified":"2022-02-28T18:39:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T23:39:29","slug":"latin-americas-communist-axis-rallies-around-vladimir-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latin-americas-communist-axis-rallies-around-vladimir-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin America&#039;s Communist Axis Rallies Around Vladimir Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Flatin-americas-communist-axis-rallies-around-vladimir-putin%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=1350370&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\">The Communist Party of Cuba, the Sandinista dictatorship of Nicaragua, and socialist Venezuela have expressed effusive support for Russia and its \u201clegitimate security\u201d interests in the past week in response to Vladimir Putin\u2019s decision to begin a full military assault on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s Russia has invested heavily in cultivating allies in the Western Hemisphere. Putin personally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2022\/01\/26\/vladimir-putin-boosting-strategic-cooperation-with-latin-america-while-joe-biden-out-for-ice-cream\/\">called<\/a> the dictators of all three countries in late January, days after President Joe Biden announced he did not believe America would force Russia to suffer consequences in the event of a \u201cminor incursion\u201d of Ukraine. A month later, as Putin began an invasion into central Ukraine \u2013 including the capital, Kyiv \u2013 the three countries formed an axis of support for Moscow significantly at odds with the rest of the two continents they inhabit and much of the free world.<\/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>Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/21\/ukraine-completely-created-russia-putin-recognizes-sovereignty-pro-russian-separatists\/\">announced<\/a> a week ago he would recognize two regions in east Ukraine \u2013 Donetsk and Luhansk \u2013 as sovereign states. In that speech, he declared that the entire concept of Ukraine as a country \u201cwas completely created by Russia\u201d and that Ukrainians had \u201cno tradition\u201d of being a sovereign state. By Thursday, Putin was sending a military force into multiple major population centers in Ukraine, claiming that the \u201ccountries\u201d of Donetsk and Luhansk had requested assistance \u2013 which, if true, would not explain the assault on Kyiv, among other areas outside of Donbas, the collective name of Donetsk and Luhansk.<\/p>\n<p>The war has received widespread condemnation in the West, save for Putin\u2019s socialist and communist allies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19999098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TOPSHOT-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19999098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TOPSHOT-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - A photograph taken on February 19, 2022, shows smoke rising from an explosion after a shelling in Novohnativka village, Donetsk region, not far from position of Ukrainian Military Forces on the front line with Russia-backed separatists. - OSCE monitors recorded more than 1,500 violations of the truce supposedly in effect on the front line in eastern Ukraine in 24 hours, they announced in a statement, a record this year.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOPSHOT \u2013 A photograph taken on February 19, 2022, shows smoke rising from an explosion after a shelling in Novohnativka village, Donetsk region, not far from position of Ukrainian Military Forces on the front line with Russia-backed separatists (ANATOLII STEPANOV\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Saturday, the Cuban Foreign Relations Ministry (Minrex) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.granma.cu\/cuba\/2022-02-26\/cuba-aboga-por-una-solucion-que-garantice-la-seguridad-y-soberania-de-todos-26-02-2022-17-02-37\">published<\/a> a statement blaming the United States for the war in Ukraine, claiming that Russia has demands for \u201csecurity guarantees\u201d that America ignored, thus necessitating an invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American insistence on continuing the progressive expansion of NATO towards the borders of the Russian Federation has led us to this scenario, with unpredictable implications that could have been avoided,\u201d Minrex claimed. \u201cHistory will demand accountability from the government of the United States for the consequences of an increasingly offensive military doctrine outside of the borders of NATO, which threatens peace, security, and international stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cuban Foreign Ministry barely mentioned Ukraine in its statement, other than to \u201cprofoundly lament the loss of innocent civilian life\u201d in the country at the hands of Putin.<\/p>\n<p><em>Granma<\/em>, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, went further in defending Putin directly in an opinion article published on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated firmness before the American and NATO plan to surround his country with arms and military forces,\u201d the column <a href=\"https:\/\/www.granma.cu\/mundo\/2022-02-27\/aquellas-aguas-trajeron-tempestades-27-02-2022-23-02-49\">read<\/a>. \u201cPutin has assured that he was led to make this decision as a last resort left to him by the West.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The article went on to claim that Donetsk and Luhansk were \u201cbeing attacked and bombarded by Ukrainian soldiers\u201d while \u201chundreds of tons of modern arms from NATO and the United States arrived in Kyiv,\u201d without informing the reader of the ample evidence of extensive Russian interference in the eight-year Donbas war, including the use of Russian weapons to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-28357880#:~:text=The%20JIT%2C%20which%20reported%20on,as%20fragments%20of%20shrapnel%20found.\">shoot down<\/a>\u00a0commercial airliner Malaysia Airlines 17 in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In Venezuela, where Russia has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2018\/12\/11\/russia-places-nuclear-capable-bombers-venezuela\/\">stationed<\/a> nuclear bombers, dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro fully embraced the Putin talking point that the war was necessary for the \u201cde-nazification\u201d of Ukraine. Putin and his ministers have repeatedly referred to the Ukrainian government under Zelensky, who is Jewish and whose ancestors fought against the Nazis in World War II, as a Nazi government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe extremist right that has taken over the governments of Ukraine has never been interested in resolving conflicts via dialogue, has never been interested in peace, has never been interested in respecting Russia,\u201d Maduro\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2022\/02\/23\/venezuelas-maduro-rants-about-alleged-fascist-coup-in-ukraine-complete-backing-for-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">railed<\/a>\u00a0last week, shortly before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been several times that President Putin\u00a0has attempted direct dialogue with the governors of Ukraine to establish a base of understanding and conflict resolution,\u201d Maduro claimed, \u201cbut the fascist elite that executed a coup d\u2019etat in Ukraine and the groups who have taken power in Ukraine on different occasions have stayed away from diplomacy, from respect, from dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky won the presidency in a free and fair election in 2019 \u2013 unlike Maduro, who has remained in power illegitimately after a sham election resulted in his constitutional ouster that same year:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20052178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Zelensky-presidential-victory-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20052178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Zelensky-presidential-victory-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center, and his wife Olena Zelenska celebrate a victory with their supporters at his headquarters after the second round of presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. (AP Photo\/Sergei Grits, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Sergei Grits, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cVenezuela announces its complete backing to President Vladimir Putin in the defense of peace of Russia,\u201d Maduro concluded, \u201cin the defense of peace in that region, in the valiant peace of his people and his fatherland. All the support for President Putin, all the support for Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Nicaragua, Sandinista dictator Daniel Ortega issued a statement on Monday appearing to support sovereignty for Donetsk and Luhansk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Putin has made a step today where what he has done is recognize some republics that, beginning with the 2014 coup, the coup governments did not recognize,\u201d Ortega <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/america\/america-latina\/2022\/02\/22\/daniel-ortega-respaldo-a-vladimir-putin-en-medio-de-las-crecientes-tensiones-en-ucrania\/\">stated<\/a>, referring to the resignation of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych five years before Zelensky\u2019s election as a coup. \u201cThey have established their governments and are battling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the day Putin invaded deeper into Ukraine, Ortega was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laprensani.com\/2022\/02\/24\/politica\/2956894-presidente-del-legislativo-ruso-dice-a-sus-homologos-nicas-que-deben-estar-juntos-hombro-a-hombro-y-agradece-a-ortega\">hosting<\/a> the head of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, as a guest of honor. Volodin addressed the Nicaraguan National Assembly, the top lawmaking body, and demanded that Nicaraguans stand \u201cshoulder to shoulder\u201d with Putin in the Ukrainian war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, who was one of the first to declare the importance of recognizing the independence of these popular regions [Donetsk and Luhansk] to guarantee the security of the people,\u201d Volodin reportedly said, according to\u00a0<em>La Prensa<\/em>, a Nicaraguan newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Volodin claimed the war Putin launched would \u201cprevent humanitarian catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s gambit may cost the three countries significant financial aid, experts have noted, as sanctions weaken the Russian economy, leaving little expendable cash for Hispanic communist dictators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLittle by little, Daniel Ortega is losing the possibility of receiving financial aid from one of his few political and economic allies,\u201d\u00a0<em>La Prensa<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laprensani.com\/2022\/02\/28\/economia\/2959087-como-vladimir-putin-y-xi-jinping-ponen-contra-las-cuerdas-las-aspiraciones-de-ortega-de-obtener-un-salvavidas-economico-en-rusia-y-china\">observed<\/a> on Monday. Expelling Russian banks from the SWIFT international payment system, for example, could make it more difficult for Moscow to invest in its allied Western regimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish newspaper\u00a0<em>ABC<\/em> made a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.es\/internacional\/abci-alto-precio-pagaran-venezuela-nicaragua-y-cuba-apoyo-invasion-rusa-ucrania-202202280033_noticia.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\">observation<\/a> on Monday of all three countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know if they [Russia] will have enough to maintain their military a month or a year as they say, what we do know is that with the severe sanctions they will be obligated to cut short aid to their allies of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua,\u201d oil industry analyst\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Toro Hardy told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<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\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1646166702263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1YSPvt2sHENrhUSeONg_5e\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1646166702263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0WvwCJzXnh0HhKskuqdPoS\">Twitter<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Communist Party of Cuba, the Sandinista dictatorship of Nicaragua, and socialist Venezuela have expressed effusive support for Russia and its \u201clegitimate security\u201d interests in the past week in response<\/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-1350370","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\/1350370","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=1350370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350370\/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=1350370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}