Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by yunnpp on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:12PM (#46479046)

I am still confused about this. Is the goal for US companies to extract Venezuelan oil, or is it to suppress Venezuelan oil exports altogether? Or are both goals orthogonal?

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by aglavine on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:24PM (#46479834)

I don't think oil has something to do with this. As I have mentioned I think the main reason is the cartel has become too powerful and menacing, controlling three countries and expanding.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by yunnpp on Sunday January 04, 2026 @01:28PM (#46490724)

This argument doesn't stand a chance. The US military and intelligence is far outmatched. The drugs war is just a pretext.

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