follow – That communist states and anti-Western dictatorships support Maduro does not surprise

that communist states and anti-western dictatorships support maduro does not surprise neither russia nor iran care that venezuela may be on the brink of starvation, with millions fleeing into neighboring colombia; rather, in their zero sum view of the world, they excuse any regime so long as it orients itself against the west put another way, russian leader vladimir putin and iranian leader ali khamenei embrace maduro’s regime in venezuela for much the same reason as they do bashar assad’s murderous regime in syria further, any russian military base is off-the-table if the venezuelan people are allowed to have their say that communist states and anti-western dictatorships support maduro does not surprise