The Foreign Ministry accused the West of blackmailing Latin America because of Russia

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RUSSIA is ready to cooperate with Latin America after the departure of American and European companies, but the West is putting pressure on the countries of the region. This was stated by the DIRECTOR of the Latin American Department of the Foreign Ministry Alexander Shchetinin in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“Latin Americans are under powerful pressure from the collective West, which uses the entire arsenal of means for this, and political influence, and economic promises, and blackmail,” the diplomat said.

Shchetinin noted that the authorities of Western countries do not take into account the socio-economic consequences of sanctions against Russia in the energy, financial and food sectors.

The ambassador accused the United States of trying to embroil Moscow with Latin America Politics

On March 5, US officials held talks with representatives of Venezuela. As sources told The New York Times, they tried to urge the country's leadership to distance themselves from Russia against the background of the military operation in Ukraine.