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So the Big Oil Picture in Venezuela is way more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects.
Let’s start with neo-Caligula’s new edicts on the imperial satrapy he says he now owns; not exactly edicts but outright threats directed to interim President Delcy Rodriguez:
- Crack down on “drug trafficking flows”. Well, this should actually be directed to Colombian and Mexican smugglers in cahoots with big American buyers.
- Expel Iranian, Cuban, and other “operatives hostile to Washington” – before Caracas is allowed to increase oil production. . .