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silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months ago

US will be ‘strongly involved’ in Venezuela oil industry, Trump says after Caracas attacked and Maduro captured | Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves

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US will be ‘strongly involved’ in Venezuela oil industry, Trump says after Caracas attacked and Maduro captured | Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves

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silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months ago
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Venezuelan leader lands in New York after capture – as it happened
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For context, the US oil company Chevron is the largest international investor in Venezuela

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  • ShellMonkey ( ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com ) 
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    But it was about drugs and, um, stuff?

    • 0xtero ( 0xtero@beehaw.org ) 
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      Wasn’t it about people eating cats and dogs?

      • Jiggle_Physics ( Jiggle_Physics@piefed.zip ) 
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        That was why they were planning to send the military to Ohio, we are striking Venezuela because of sending gang members to the US, then because socialism, then corruption, then drug smuggling

        this will be on the Trump MAGA citizenship test to maintain your citizen status, so remember it!

        • 0xtero ( 0xtero@beehaw.org ) 
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          I’m pretty sure ”they’re eating the cats and dogs” would give me passing score on that test as well.

  • orbituary ( orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    My Venezuelan cousins are happy. My Mexican girlfriend thinks it’s great. I feel like Iam taking crazy pills. My Cuban family are celebrating.

    It’s like nobody can see the diplomatic or international implications. They don’t seem to understand that every LatAm country should be concerned and afraid.

    • ordnance_qf_17_pounder ( ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ) 
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      Your Venezuelan cousins must be happy to see their country get sold out to a hostile foreign power. That is true ignorance. I’m sorry.

      • orbituary ( orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        I said something similar to my girlfriend and she said “you just don’t understand.” Maybe. But I don’t think she nor my cousins understand either.

        This is imperialism at it’s most brazen. Trump is now emboldened and thinks, “I did what Putin could not. And I did it faster. Some say it’s the fastest. I don’t know if it’s the fastest, but maybe it is…”

        Mark my words, he’ll do it again. And I think it will be to invade Mexico to “fight narco-terrorists.” He wouldn’t depose Sheinbaum, nor do I think he could easily *, but he’ll definitely make incursions over the border.

        * - I asterisked because I know the “Akshuallies” are going to come. Yes, I didn’t go down every single possible road in this scenario.

        EDIT: Since I posted that I saw this: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/somethings-gonna-have-to-be-done-with-mexico-trump-floats-further-intervention-to-fox-friends/

        Mexico is next.

        • 0xtero ( 0xtero@beehaw.org ) 
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          Greenland, then Canada. It’s about oil and minerals

          • orbituary ( orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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            Imperialist Bingo - the Fox & Friends name for World War III.

      • SaharaMaleikuhm ( SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ) 
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        A lot of people also celebrated Trump’s 2nd term. Same thing really. You will find those same fools anywhere on earth. Most people on this planet are just really fucking dumb.

    • Sailor Anarres ( theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Are your cousins in Venezuelan or Florida?

      • orbituary ( orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        Both. When my family left Cuba for the United States in 1961, they had to stay in Venezuela for six months while they waited to come here. A number of them stayed in Venezuela. The rest went to Florida. My mom and uncle arrived here with my grandparents and great grandparents when my mom was 7 years old.

        My Cuban family are embarrassing. Thankfully my mom has some sense and doesn’t vote GOP. The rest… they are lost.

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    Anybody here surprised?

    • heyWhatsay ( heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net ) 
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      Kinda, I was expecting a long drawn out operation, this is one of the quickest arrests of a leader that I can remember.

      • unexposedhazard ( unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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        Maduro being arrested wont prevent this from turning into a long drawn out conflict. Just like Russias “special military operation” didnt end very quickly.

      • Krono ( Krono@lemmy.today ) 
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        The Iraq War didn’t end when we killed Saddam, that was really only the beginning.

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          The real question is how the locals will react to this invasion. A lot of them hated the Maduro regime after it continued the economic decline of the country. OTOH they are about to be occupied by an imperialist country, have their natural resources plundered, and likely experience martial law. There’s no greater radicalizing influence than having a loved one killed or their property stolen by a hostile state.

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        trump said that the US is “going to run” Venezuela until a proper transfer of power can happen. It will absolutely be long and drawn out.

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    Saying the quiet part out loud as always I see

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    He’s selling the bearskin without having actually killed the bear.

  • prole ( prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Wasted no time

  • SaharaMaleikuhm ( SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ) 
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    I am so shocked. Flabbergasted even.

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    deleted by creator

    • 0xtero ( 0xtero@beehaw.org ) 
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      He’s in hurry. Needs to annex Greenland, pressure Canada to join the States , drill baby drill and hand over the fourth term to Jared before he keels over from dementia. He has no time to waste and those Epstein files need to be kept quiet somehow

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