Venezuela’s Strategic Alliance with Russia Signals Dangerous Anti-American Escalation

As Venezuela’s parliament, firmly under chavista control, hastily approved a strategic cooperation treaty with Russia this week, the implications for American national security grow ever more concerning. This alliance is not merely symbolic; it marks a clear geopolitical pivot towards Moscow that threatens to destabilize our own backyard. Why should Americans care about this Venezuelan-Russian pact? Because it directly challenges U.S. influence and sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere. At a time when Washington is deploying forces to combat drug trafficking emanating from Venezuela—a real and persistent threat to American communities—Caracas doubles down on forging ties with an authoritarian regime bent...