US EditionThe U.S. Says Seizing Venezuelan Oil Hurts Its Foes. How Dependent Are They?
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Trump is 'world's most powerful thief' and rules by 'robbery': analysis
Intelligencer features writer Zack Cheney-Rice said the international community is increasingly viewing President Donald Trump as the world’s "most powerful thief," and they’re responding accordingly.“It’s true that, in spite of the shocking developments of the past few weeks, there’s a creeping sense that we are witnessing a tale as old as time,” Cheney-Rice said of Trump’s announcement that he was using the U.S. military to steal Venezuela’s o…
Battleships and Beyond: How To Stop China From Dominating the High Seas
The effects of Nicolás Maduro's sudden downfall are now rippling far beyond the Caribbean basin. To wit, the U.S. military toppling the Venezuelan dictator without breaking a sweat is a humiliation for the Chinese Communist Party, which cannot dominate even its immediate neighborhood because of American armed might. Xi Jinping seeks not only to drive our military out of the Western Pacific, but also to build his own globe-spanning forces. If he …
By claiming that Venezuelan oil is now under his control, U.S. President Donald Trump is not out of his way.
Two key comments stand out in this week’s analysis of The Economist after the U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro. First, the obviously core: oil. With explicit mention by the head of the White House in the hours of the intervention: “We are going to make our big U.S. oil companies ... spend billions of dollars, repair the badly damaged infrastructure... and start generating revenue for the country.” The second, some…
Buenos Aires, 10 January (NA) -- U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a state of national emergency to protect Venezuela's oil revenues deposited in Treasury Department accounts. The measure, announced by the White House, has as its main objective to "save" these resources from any attempt to seize, seize, or claim by creditors of the South American country, learned the Argentine News Agency. According to the official …
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