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Summary List Placement Iran and Venezuela are two of President Donald Trump's most frequent foreign-policy targets, and increasing US pressure has only brought the two closer. Their ties are again on display ahead of the presidential election, as US actions directed at Iran raise concerns Trump could seek a confrontation for political benefit. Such a showdown is a long-time goal for some members of...

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been shipped from Russia to Venezuela, Bloomberg reported. Bloomberg analyzed data from ImportGenius which found that $315 million was sent from Russia between May 2018 to and April 2019. The money, Bloomberg said, can be used in a variety of methods such as "repatriating cash held overseas or dividends from a stake in a Moscow-based bank." Venezuela has...