Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-160. Aeroprints/Wikimedia
By Caribbean News Now contributor
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The government in Guyana suffered an unexpected defeat in parliament on Friday on a motion of no confidence, following the surprise defection of a member of the ruling coalition, which now automatically triggers a new general election.
However, that may not be biggest problem the country faces following the recent deployment of Russian Tupolev Tu-160 nuclear-capable bombers to neighbouring Venezuela, with whom Guyana has had a territorial dispute going back over 100 years.
Although Russian bombers have paid short visits to Venezuela in the past, they have never been accompanied by an estimated 10,000 support personnel or significant fighter escorts and other aircraft.
According to a US government source, intelligence assessments were submitted to the Trump administration and Congress as long ago as early last year that, as a result of US President Donald Trump’s ill-defined threats of military action against Venezuela, the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, would eventually react in undesirable ways that were not in the best interest of the US.
