Pyongyang faces diplomatic isolation in Western hemisphere as US targets not just Venezuela but close ally Cuba too
The future of Venezuela remains unclear after the dramatic U.S. capture of President Nicolás Maduro this week, and regardless of the outcome, the embattled country’s relations with North Korea appear increasingly dim.
Maduro’s removal represents more than just the loss of a diplomatic partner for Pyongyang. It also signals a potentially broader erosion of North Korea’s carefully cultivated network of anti-American allies in the Western hemisphere.
North Korea and Venezuela have been allies since 1974 in a relationship largely driven by common ideological leanings and shared distrust of the U.S
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