Venezuela oil production has declined to circa 732,00 barrels of oil per day which is less than what neighbouring Colombia produces (above 800,000 bopd). Amazing.
The latest declines are in part due to the punishing economic sanctions levied by the eternally righteous Trump administration. The suffering of ordinary Venezuelans will increase as a result of those sanctions and paradoxically, the Maduro regime may last longer.
Dear American neighbours: Why do enjoy punishing ordinary civilians so much? Especially, when it seems that collectively the USA will suffer in the long run.
Send in the USAID! Guaido Set to Enact Uprising Rooted in US Regime-Change Operations Manual With its hands tied when it comes to military intervention, only covert actions â such as those described in the RED Team document â are likely to be enacted by the U.S. government, at least at this stage of its ongoing âregime changeâ effort in Venezuela.
The only certainty is that the Venezuelan people are getting screwed by both sides. I wish that Trump and Putin could come to some understanding that although US interference is unjustified and unwarranted, the people need help overthrowing the brutal Maduro dictatorship and will have much difficulty doing this on their own. Now is the time where an improved Russian US relationship is desperately needed. The Walrus of Death must be extracted and then good faith negotiations can begin.
Edit: The Monroe Doctrine also calls for non interference in European affairs something I wholeheartedly support. I am thinking NATO is a nice little poker chip to bring to the table where Putin awaits.
Guess you'll really have to invade again then. After all, somebody's got to do it and the right's "intelligentsia" is ready to provide all the needed justifications (while omitting its own role in such crises)...
Imagine a world where every bad outcome on the planet isn't the result of scheming by the secret inner workings of the US government. Where once again the concentration of power required for top-down control of a country's economic activities results in a despotic, corrupt, brutal regime; widespread poverty; a refugee crisis; and human suffering on a massive scale. Again. Just like the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that.
Go on, try.
OK, we'll get back to that. Try a smaller conceptual leap: being opposed to invading other countries doesn't require being an apologist for the evil things those other countries do.
No, really! That's a thing you could actually do.
It isn't even (secret) scheming. Nowadays, it's as overt as can be. Syria, Venezuela, Iraq, etc., etc. Because you obviously know better, or at least like to think you do.
Guess you'll really have to invade again then. After all, somebody's got to do it and the right's "intelligentsia" is ready to provide all the needed justifications (while omitting its own role in such crises)...
Imagine a world where every bad outcome on the planet isn't the result of scheming by the secret inner workings of the US government. Where once again the concentration of power required for top-down control of a country's economic activities results in a despotic, corrupt, brutal regime; widespread poverty; a refugee crisis; and human suffering on a massive scale. Again. Just like the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that.
Go on, try.
OK, we'll get back to that. Try a smaller conceptual leap: being opposed to invading other countries doesn't require being an apologist for the evil things those other countries do.
They must have been hoodwinked by all that US propaganda. That must be the problem.
Guess you'll really have to invade again then. After all, somebody's got to do it and the right's "intelligentsia" is ready to provide all the needed justifications (while omitting its own role in such crises)...
"In this administration, we're not afraid to use the word Monroe Doctrine. This is a country in our hemisphere. It's been the objective of American presidents going back to Ronald Reagan to have a completely democratic hemisphere," Bolton told Tapper. "I mentioned at the end of last year that we're looking at the talk of tyranny. Part of the problem in Venezuela is the heavy Cuban presence. 20,000 to 25,000 Cuban security officials by reports that have been in the public. But this is the sort of thing that we find unacceptable and that's why we're pursuing these policies."
"In this administration, we're not afraid to use the word Monroe Doctrine. This is a country in our hemisphere. It's been the objective of American presidents going back to Ronald Reagan to have a completely democratic hemisphere," Bolton told Tapper. "I mentioned at the end of last year that we're looking at the talk of tyranny. Part of the problem in Venezuela is the heavy Cuban presence. 20,000 to 25,000 Cuban security officials by reports that have been in the public. But this is the sort of thing that we find unacceptable and that's why we're pursuing these policies."
"In this administration, we're not afraid to use the word Monroe Doctrine. This is a country in our hemisphere. It's been the objective of American presidents going back to Ronald Reagan to have a completely democratic hemisphere," Bolton told Tapper. "I mentioned at the end of last year that we're looking at the talk of tyranny. Part of the problem in Venezuela is the heavy Cuban presence. 20,000 to 25,000 Cuban security officials by reports that have been in the public. But this is the sort of thing that we find unacceptable and that's why we're pursuing these policies."
