US Officials Travel to Venezuela, a Russian Ally, for Talks — Source
(World News Russia)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends a rally in support of his regime, Jan. 23, 2019. Photo: Miraflores Palace / Handout via Reuters / File. Senior US officials traveled to Venezuela on Saturday for talks with President Nicolas Maduro’s government, seeking to determine whether Caracas is prepared to distance itself from close ally Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. The trip, the highest-level US visit to Venezuela in years, came as part of a US effort to isolate Russian...