She and the oil companies might start to sell more to China (or Europe while the Gulf states sell more oil to China, as the Panama Canal might not be as great given the sizes of the tankers, the US getting more petty, and/or climate change might make the canals less operable); and/or with increased electrification, oil prices might go down.
Okay, so Venezuela is (again) a client state of the US.
They might not be dragging her through the streets because of the same reason they didn’t drag Maduro through the streets: the army and police.
Presumably, Cuba had the USSR for over 30 years. Since Chavez, Venezuela had a weak Russia and possibly a competitor as an oil producer.
But if all the talk about electrification of vehicles is true, it will matter less on who has oil. Ditto if the consequences of global warming are both severe and will happen in the next several years.
The US exploits weaknesses. Venezuela under Maduro was weak; but if the US continues to fuck around, it too will grow weak.
Her presidency might become longer than his.
Are you implying that she’ll kick out the oil corporations once Trump is gone?
This was the fundamental goal of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Probably the opposite at least in the short term.
She and the oil companies might start to sell more to China (or Europe while the Gulf states sell more oil to China, as the Panama Canal might not be as great given the sizes of the tankers, the US getting more petty, and/or climate change might make the canals less operable); and/or with increased electrification, oil prices might go down.
They can theoretically sell oil to China only through the Pentagon, which now controls all of Venezuela’s oil.
She gave away the farm. Why aren’t they dragging her out into the street? WTF?
Okay, so Venezuela is (again) a client state of the US.
They might not be dragging her through the streets because of the same reason they didn’t drag Maduro through the streets: the army and police.
Presumably, Cuba had the USSR for over 30 years. Since Chavez, Venezuela had a weak Russia and possibly a competitor as an oil producer.
But if all the talk about electrification of vehicles is true, it will matter less on who has oil. Ditto if the consequences of global warming are both severe and will happen in the next several years.
The US exploits weaknesses. Venezuela under Maduro was weak; but if the US continues to fuck around, it too will grow weak.