US President Donald Trump met with Fabiana Rosales, wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, and demanded Russia end support for president Nicolas Maduro. (AFP/SAUL LOEB) Russia's deployment of troops and equipment to bolster Maduro has ratcheted up already high international tension in Venezuela where the Trump administration is pushing hard for regime change amid mounting chaos in the once rich country. "Russia has to get out," Trump said at the White House alongside Fabiana Rosales, wife of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has been recognised by the United States and more than 50 other countries as Venezuela's interim president in place of Maduro. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed Trump's demand, asking in return why US troops were still in parts of Syria, where the Assad regime relies heavily on Russia support. "He said the United States would withdraw from Syria a month ago," she was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency. "Before … [Read more...] about Trump tells Russia ‘to get out’ of Venezuela
