US officials fly to Venezuela for talks in apparent bid to further isolate Russia
by Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5WTBQ)
Experts believe rare meeting with Moscow ally could signal significant shift in US policy towards Caracas
Senior US officials have flown to Venezuela for rare talks with Nicolas Maduro's government in an apparent bid to prise the South American country away from its Russian backers after Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
White House and state department negotiators met Maduro representatives in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, on Saturday in what was the first such encounter in years.
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