Troika of tyranny
Troika of tyranny (Spanish: troika de la tiranía), from Russian тройка, meaning 'a set of three' (trine, trio), is a description of the nations of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela used by John R. Bolton (at that time United States National Security Advisor) in 2018 in outlining United States foreign policy towards those nations. Bolton has alternately described the three countries as the "triangle of terror" and the "three stooges of socialism", stating that the three are "the cause of immense human suffering, the impetus of enormous regional instability, and the genesis of a sordid cradle of communism in the western hemisphere".