Since January 3, Venezuela has opened its natural resources to the United States. First it was oil. Crude extracted from Venezuelan wells has returned to what was for years its main customer, and Washington has reciprocated by granting the necessary licenses. Then, the Venezuelan parliament, led by Jorge Rodríguez, the brother of acting president Delcy Rodríguez, amended the hydrocarbons law, and a few days ago, the first contract with Shell was signed. The same pattern is now being repeated for mining operations.
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Jhex@lemmy.world · 78 pts · 162d
More like, The USA has started taking treasure from Venezuela after armed robbery
meco03211@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 162d
And kidnapping! Don't forget the kidnapping.
lemming@anarchist.nexus · 36 pts · 162d
Let the looting commence!
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 162d
When does it cease being looting and start being pillaging?
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 4 pts · 162d
Hmmm. Pillaging is when you're doing some invasion or force yourself and decide to take some extra on the side. Looting seems to be when a disaster or war happens near people, and they decide to use the opportunity to aquire some goods..
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 162d
¿Por qué no los dos?
BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 162d
Iike they had a choice.
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 162d
Venezuela looted at gun point by pedophile nazi scum.
arrrse@piefed.social · 6 pts · 162d
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 162d
LOL Of course it won’t benefit Venezuelans. Trump lies, about everything.
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 162d
Venezuelans will get fuck all from the deal, but they also got nothing before either. From zero to zero. At least they are not losing.
Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 162d
They are losing in the context of not being able to benefit from those resources themselves at a later point.
excursion22@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 162d
Ah yes, I'm sure there won't be any exploitative employment at any of these operations.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 162d
I didn't think Trump would make Venezuela spread her legs for him. She is like ~181 years old. Too old.
Urist@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 162d
Trump is probably fantasizing about 181 years as 30 six year olds.
To be honest I feel horrible for writing this, but it is hard not to be when material reality is equally horrible. I hold all Americans indiscriminately responsible for your domestic and global pedo rapist in chief.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 159d
At gunpoint