Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by Hikikomori on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:18PM (#46479113)

Ah so US will allow Venezuela to profit from their own oil? This time surely

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by jacquesm on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:37PM (#46479330)

I can't wait for the Total Energies or Shell Oil announcement.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by Hikikomori on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:41PM (#46479370)

With investments from Kushners Saudi fund.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by JKCalhoun on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:50PM (#46479449)

You know there are boardroom meetings going on right now…

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by jacquesm on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:46PM (#46480086)

100% on the money this comment. This is all about the spoils and absolutely not about the people or the drugs.

Thinking about this some more: good chance this whole thing was decided in a board room a while ago.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by qcnguy on Sunday January 04, 2026 @03:27AM (#46486088)

Yes it will. Iraqi government budget is ~88% funded by oil revenues.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by amanaplanacanal on Sunday January 04, 2026 @07:45AM (#46487412)

I'm not sure using examples from the bush administration are necessarily relevant to the actions of the trump administration.

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