• the rizzler@lemmygrad.ml
    61·
    2 days ago

    what happened with venezuela? i remember people making fun of trump for doing a “decapitation strike” that took out one person, and now suddenly rodriguez is sending cuba’s oil to israel? did something change or did maduro just always have a chud vp?

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      4·
      20 hours ago

      Venezuela doesn’t have any oil anymore. Its imperialist oil going to israel, its just stolen from Venezuela instead of one of the other places they extort.

      Back before the kidnapping there was a report that Maduro had offered the us “everything.” So the policies Rodriguez has implemented were probably already agreed to by Maduro. Likely the only sticking point in those negotiations was that usa wanted Maduro to give the presidency to someone usa picked out. By withholding a endorsement of an anti-communist regime, Maduro forced the usa to come get him but this forced usa to leave the socialists in power because they were the only ones with the popular support to implement the negotiated appeasement.

      This is real 5d chess. The Venezuelan government aren’t stupid. They know what kind of hell usa could bring them. That kind of suffering would have undermined the support of the Bolivarian revolution. Things will probably get harder for Venezuelans because of the reduction in oil revenue but the blame will be put on america and anyone who supports america instead of the blame being put on the Bolivian revolution like it was for the last few decades. Even the moderate opposition have sided with the Chavista Government to denounce the imperialists. The entire nation is being pushed left by the actions of the usa.

      The preservation of the socialist project is more important than the revenue from oil. All the Chavistas have to do is survive a few more decades untill usa crumbles. The commune systems put in place by Chavez and Maduro make it possible to do that. It won’t be easy for Venezuela but it will be easier than war with usa and the struggle will reinforce anti-colonialism, anti-capitalism and Chavismo.

      • the rizzler@lemmygrad.ml
        1·
        19 hours ago

        i guess that makes a lot of sense. so the us now controls venezuelan oil more or less completely? is that what’s causing the oil crisis in cuba? sorry i guess i’ve been living under a rock for the past couple weeks; this whole thing has kinda taken me by surprise.

        • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
          2·
          11 hours ago

          More or less yeah. usa is saying they are going to sell the oil “for” Venezeula but the money is going into an american bank that the usa controls. On top of Cuba losing access to Venezuelan oil usa is threatening a physical blockade and “tariffs” (sanctions) on any nations that try to send anything to Cuba.