US Tanker Pursuit Intensifies... Blockade on Venezuela's Sovereignty
The latest episode of Bloomberg's 'Balance of Power' highlights the US pursuit of a third oil tanker, presented as a standard geopolitical move. Conspicuously absent from their expert panel – featuring think-tank directors and policy wonks – is any mention of whether this 'blockade' is, you know, actually legal under international law. Is a nation’s sovereignty only valid until its oil reserves
become inconvenient for Washington? This isn't 'Balance of Power'; it's a press release from the State Department, thinly disguised as journalism. The US has imposed economic sanctions on Venezuela for years, crippling its economy and destabilizing the region, all while blaming the Venezuelan government for the resulting poverty. Perhaps it's just a coincidence that Venezuela holds the world’s
largest proven oil reserves. The media, of course, dutifully echoes the narrative, framing a unilateral blockade as 'pursuit' and 'intensification' rather than a blatant act of economic aggression against a sovereign nation trying to sell its own resources.