Trump Finds Venezuela's Oil — Shockingly, After Years of Sanctions
Deutsche Welle reports Donald Trump's plan to 'get' up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil, a significant pivot from his administration's maximum pressure campaign and sanctions against Caracas. This, from the same politician who, in 2019, declared Nicolás Maduro's government illegitimate and backed an opposition leader, ushering in a brutal regime of sanctions that crippled Venezuela's
economy, including its oil industry. (Remember when the U.S. seized Venezuelan assets abroad, like CITGO? They claimed it was for 'democracy'.) So, after years of deliberately strangling their oil production, the 'crisis' morphs into an 'opportunity' when the U.S. wants cheaper gasoline. It appears Venezuela's designation as a 'pariah state' is purely a function of whether its oil output benefits
U.S. domestic concerns at the moment. How many human rights concerns conveniently vanish when a barrel of crude drops in price?