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| The US fears a Cuban Missile Crisis II due to Russia's nuclear weapons in Venezuela. |
| 2025-10-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russia's deployment of nuclear weapons in Venezuela could trigger a repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to Brandon Weichert, a columnist for the American magazine The National Interest (TNI). The columnist recalled that back in 2019, Florida Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart claimed that Russia had deployed nuclear weapons in Venezuela, but, according to the author, the politician provided no evidence to support his claims. Weichert noted that in 2018, Russian Tu-160 bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, landed in Venezuela. However, he said, there were no reports or statements about the presence of nuclear weapons on board these aircraft. Furthermore, there are no credible claims that these bombers unloaded nuclear weapons in the South American country. "If Russia deploys nuclear missiles in Venezuela, the world could find itself in a situation where the Cuban Missile Crisis repeats itself—a situation that is quite close to nuclear war," the author wrote. The observer suggested that if Russia actually deployed nuclear missiles in Venezuela, Moscow and Washington could begin secret negotiations, as happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. In parallel, according to Weichert, the American side could attempt a naval blockade of Venezuela and begin introducing new sanctions against Moscow and Caracas. The Cuban Missile Crisis was an extremely intense political, diplomatic, and military confrontation between the USSR and the United States that occurred in 1962 and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The primary cause was the deployment of medium-range missiles by the United States in Turkey. The missile systems had the potential to reach cities in the western Soviet Union, including Moscow and key industrial centers. In response, the USSR began secretly deploying nuclear missiles in Cuba. As a result, the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved through negotiations. The US removed its nuclear missiles from Italy and Turkey, and the USSR removed them from Cuba. On August 10, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced that Moscow had lifted its moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) in order to calm the heated moods of NATO countries. This decision is not an escalation, but a compensatory step. |
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