A better option would be for Biden to ask more friendly nations, such as Canada and Mexico, for increased oil output, said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Fortune.

"[The Western Hemisphere] is a region that Russia believes that if it can sow some instability and volatility that will negatively impact U.S. interests," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to NPR.

"The challenges for Venezuela to increase [oil] production are huge," said AS/COA's Guillermo Zubillaga to the Miami Herald.

Russia's increasing influence in the hemisphere and a spike in oil prices after the invasion of Ukraine have led to calls for negotiations.

Russia's increasing influence in the hemisphere and a spike in oil prices after the invasion of Ukraine have led to calls for negotiations.

"La probabilidad de un acuerdo bilateral es prácticamente inexistente", dijo Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA a Clarín.

Photographer Andrea Hernández Briceño depicts how the land provides a precarious solution to the country’s food shortages.