The oil was headed to Iran and Russia.
Those two countries export oil.
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~~South~~ Americans must be some of the dumbest mother fuckers on the planet.
FTFY
Maybe this is not so outlandish if you consider the slow sliding to far-right across all of Europe in the lasf few years. Fascists standing together, and all that.
I mean, the Marshall Plan was benevolent.
No, it wasn't. It was meant to stop the URSS from expanding further west, and as a bonus shackle the rebuild countries as loyal lapdogs that attended to any and every USA whim.
USAID and similar may make us net beneficial to Africa.
Mostly posturing. If the USA were serious about benefitting Africa they'd do something similar to what China is doing right now, partnering and building infrastructure, instead merciless exploitation and throwing a few breadcrumbs here and there.
Let’s not talk about South America.
But we should. What the USA has done here can only be labelled as evil. Overthrowing governments left and right, supporting murderous dictatorships, merciless exploitation like what it did in Africa as well. Foul, evil stuff.
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Russia too developed hypersonic missiles exactly to counter that very same American strategy
IIRC the russians were buying hypersonic missiles from Iran
Venezuela has to “decide” by storming the streets at this point
Still up to them. Being a foreigner you may even cheer for either side, as long as you don't send armies there to plunder and murder.
So you say. But it's up to the people of Venezuela do decide that and then act upon it, not the deranged USA administration.
Personally I'd rather all racists burn, oppressed or not
Israel little by little is losing their moral high ground
And how could they lose something they never had?
Euthanasia implies consent. Without consent, it's murder.
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The kind of oil extracted in Venezuela is called heavy crude, it's not easily refined anywhere, needs some kind of special processes. IIRC a lot of it was processed in the USA itself before sanctions took place during the Deranged Orange Man's first term.