Browsing: Venezuela
The U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela has cost $700 million already—and is rising by $9 million daily
The ongoing U.S. naval blockade of Venezuelan has cost an estimated $700 million and counting with two more oil tankers…
When Bitcoin first launched in 2009, many investors dismissed the currency as a fringe concept and even as a scam.…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday on his social media site that “Interim Authorities” in Venezuela would be selling 30 million…
In 2017, as political outsider Donald Trump headed to Washington, Delcy Rodríguez spotted an opening. Then Venezuela’s foreign minister, Rodríguez…
From Latin America’s richest country 100 years ago to a founding member of OPEC, the long history of Venezuela’s oil and U.S. ties, explained
US companies were poised to invest billions to upgrade Venezuela’s crumbling oil infrastructure, he said, and “start making money for…
President Trump stands ready to send U.S. Big Oil into Venezuela en masse, but the reality is messy
President Donald Trump says American Big Oil “want to go in so badly” into Venezuela and spend billions of dollars,…
92-year-old judge cuts Maduro’s protestations of innocence short: ‘There will be time and place to go through all of this’
A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to…
President Donald Trump’s plans to restore Venezuela’s beleaguered oil industry faces a series of challenges that will cost U.S. oil…
‘Big Short’ investor says Venezuela’s regime change means Russia’s oil ‘just became less important’
The Big Short investor Michael Burry says Venezuela’s recent U.S.-led regime change could weaken one of America’s biggest adversaries. Burry,…
Could Venezuela be another Iraq or Afghanistan? Lessons from American statecraft in force and legitimacy
The Trump administration’s move is not an aberration; it reflects a broader trend in U.S. foreign policy I described here…












