Published On 31/10/2025
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The Washington Post said that it obtained internal documents from the US administration indicating that Venezuela, led by President Nicolas Maduro, contacted Russia, China and Iran to request missiles, drones and radars, in anticipation of a possible attack by the United States, which is strengthening its military build-up in the Caribbean Sea.
According to those documents, Maduro sent two letters to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping requesting weapons and military equipment to strengthen Venezuela’s defenses.
In his letter to Putin, the Venezuelan president requested help to modernize several Sukhoi Su-20 Mk2 fighters that his country had purchased from Russia.
He also requested the repair of 8 engines and 5 radars in Russia, the purchase of 14 sets of missiles, and logistical support, the nature of which was not specified, according to American documents.
In his letter to the Chinese President, Maduro requested “expanding military cooperation” to confront “the escalation between the United States and Venezuela.”
The Venezuelan president called on Beijing to accelerate the production of radar systems by Chinese companies, according to the documents.
At the same time, allegations contained in those documents indicate that the Venezuelan Minister of Transport recently coordinated the shipment of military equipment and drones from Iran.
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US President Donald Trump denied on Friday that he was about to give orders to launch strikes inside Venezuela, despite the military buildup of his country’s forces in the Caribbean Sea, where the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in the coming days, according to what a US official told Al Jazeera.
During the past weeks, the United States carried out a series of air strikes that it said targeted drug smuggling ships in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing at least 37 people.
Trump accuses the Maduro administration of cooperating with a Venezuelan crime gang and managing drug smuggling and irregular immigration to the United States, which was denied by American intelligence services.
The naval force that the United States has amassed off the coast of South America raises fears of an invasion of Venezuela and speculation that Trump may try to overthrow its president.