Bloomberg Asks About Venezuela Oil Revival, Forgetting US Role in Its Demise
Bloomberg's 'Odd Lots' podcast, featuring a Eurasia Group analyst, gazes into a crystal ball to discuss a Venezuelan oil 'revival' should Nicolas Maduro be removed. The conversation conveniently ignores decades of US sanctions, coup attempts, and asset seizures (like Citgo, valued at over $10 billion, currently being auctioned off by American courts despite Venezuelan opposition) that actively
crippled the nation's primary industry. One might wonder if they simply forgot. This isn't about 'Maduro's capture'—a hypothetical scenario framed as foregone conclusion—but about a sustained campaign to control Venezuela's natural resources. The question isn't 'what it takes to restart,' but 'who broke it and why.' It appears Bloomberg's analysts are only interested in profitability once the
'undesirable' leadership is replaced, preferably by someone more amenable to Washington's energy interests. How many times can a nation be sanctioned into oblivion, then be blamed for its own economic collapse, before the narrative becomes absurd?