Venezuela seeks to channel Moscow, Tehran and Hamas wars - analysis
Venezuela has been a near-dictatorship for years and has joined a number of anti-western countries, such as Russia, Iran and Turkey, in pushing a global agenda to challenge the US and Western order.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro applauds on the day he addresses supporters during an electoral referendum over Venezuela's rights to the potentially oil-rich region of Esequiba, which has long been the subject of a border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 3(photo credit: REUTERS/LEONARDO FERNANDEZ VILORIA)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated: