![US Contact With Venezuelan Army to Change Its Stance Unacceptable – Moscow US Contact With Venezuelan Army to Change Its Stance Unacceptable – Moscow](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1070024130-310x168.jpg)
This comes after reports of the United States being engaged in direct contact with members of Venezuela’s military, encouraging them to pledge allegiance to self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido, while also working on new sanctions to ramp up pressure on Nicolas Maduro.