It seems like some people are overestimating the conflict in Venezuela or simply dramatize the situation for their own benefit, which is also possible when politicians talk such things.
Right now Venezuela is a poor country that spends most part of their income that they get from oil export on paying their old debts. It doesn't seem that they can afford their own nuclear programme and tbh no one really cares about them.
The only noise in media is desperately made by US politicians blaming Venezuela for contacting with Russia like it is something bad by default.
Lol, as if. Ron Paul seems to ignore the situation in this country. Or do you think the Russians somehow installed nuclear missiles here without anyone of us knowing, like in Cuba during Kennedy's era?
Venezuela is not exactly "poor", its just badly managed, and the corruption so rampant they are stealing everything. Most of the income from oil is spent in the absurd "gasoline is free" policy, which happens to "fuel" the military corruption.
The main debt (with China) is paid in oil, only the Russians have been paid back in gold, but the gold reserves are running out which is (yet another) tragedy for the State, which has burnt all her international reserves. Thanks politicians in a presidential State.
Chávez wanted to start a nuclear program a decade ago, but that idea was left abandoned among several things that were promised "in socialism" but were never done, as usual.
You can blame Trump all you want for inciting wars, but calling it
nuclear is getting delusional.