US Oil Bosses Disagree with Trump's Venezuela Sanctions? What Took Them So Long?
Mainstream media now spotlights oil bosses complaining that Trump-era sanctions made Venezuela 'uninvestable.' This isn't a sudden revelation; it's the predictable outcome of economic warfare. For years, U.S. policy, regardless of administration, has actively sought to destabilize Venezuela's oil industry, first under Chávez, then Maduro, with an array of financial blockades and export
restrictions that cripple its ability to operate. The goal, ostensibly, 'democracy,' but strategically, it's about control over the world's largest proven oil reserves. One might recall similar destabilization tactics in Iraq, Libya, or Iran – all rich in resources, all targets of 'democracy promotion' that coincidentally serves commercial interests. Now, with global energy markets volatile, these
same executives, who previously benefited from price hikes due to supply constriction, suddenly find their preferred target too damaged to extract value. It’s almost as if systematically destroying a country's economic infrastructure for political ends eventually makes it, well, 'uninvest able.' The surprise is not that Venezuela is a mess; the surprise is that anyone in a suit is surprised.