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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        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…

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    I hope Venezuelans at least really benefit from this shit, but there is s small chance that trump lied about this

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      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.

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        They are losing in the context of not being able to benefit from those resources themselves at a later point.

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        Ah yes, I’m sure there won’t be any exploitative employment at any of these operations.

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    Venezuela has opened its natural resources to the United States…

    More like, The USA has started taking treasure from Venezuela after armed robbery

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      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.