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Bolton Warns China, Russia Not to Double Down on Support of Maduro

Reuters

   LIMA - U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton on Monday warned
   China and Russia not to double down in support of Venezuelan President
   Nicolas Maduro, saying Venezuela might not repay its debt to them after
   Maduro falls.

   Bolton said a democratically elected government in Venezuela may view
   the two countries as hostile powers for supporting what he called the
   "criminal regime" of Maduro for so long, and could opt not to pay them
   back billions of dollars in loans.

   Ongoing support for Maduro "could affect repayment of their debt after
   Maduro falls," Bolton told journalists in Peru on the eve of a summit
   there on Venezuela's political crisis.

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