Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by rayiner on Saturday January 03, 2026 @03:58PM (#46481465)

They want to have their cake and eat it too. Here, the Venezuelan government invited western oil companies to develop its oil fields. Then they broke the deal and stole the infrastructure the western countries had built.

That’s very different from actual colonization, where countries showed up and expropriated resources the natives were already developing.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by xg15 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @04:24PM (#46481744)

So strange that only the US has the expertise to do prospection and build oil rigs and no one else...

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by rayiner on Saturday January 03, 2026 @09:34PM (#46484232)

These countries are also mad at Britain and the Netherlands. In a few decades they’ll be mad at the Chinese too.

If these countries had been smarter they would have negotiated better deals and solicited competition from international companies to get the best terms. But that’s their own fault.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by Rapzid on Saturday January 03, 2026 @04:54PM (#46482043)

Oil companies were apparently compensated, but also allegedly not enough. Companies were awarded further compensation in international arbitration, but Venezuela has avoided fully paying up.

If that's all accurate there are numbers out there for what they owe, and it shouldn't be whatever the POTUS decides.

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