Re:US oil giant ExxonMobil says Venezuela is 'uninvestable'
by blell on Saturday January 10, 2026 @04:26AM
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Most Eastern European people I know have long associated the US with calamities such as the bombing of civilians in Belgrade.
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Re:US oil giant ExxonMobil says Venezuela is 'uninvestable'
by keiferski on Saturday January 10, 2026 @04:40AM
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In the former Yugoslavia maybe. But in the former USSR and Warsaw Pact countries, that isn’t even remotely true. The US was critical in supporting anti-USSR resistance, either directly with money or symbolically (“Tear down this wall”)
Re:US oil giant ExxonMobil says Venezuela is 'uninvestable'
by tliltocatl on Saturday January 10, 2026 @04:48AM
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The image of the good guy USA had (at least in eastern Europe) has less to do with how they treated other countries and more with how they treated their own citizens.
Re:US oil giant ExxonMobil says Venezuela is 'uninvestable'
by hmm37 on Saturday January 10, 2026 @07:59AM
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Exactly it has more to do with which end of the stick you're on.
Re:US oil giant ExxonMobil says Venezuela is 'uninvestable'
by tliltocatl on Saturday January 10, 2026 @01:21PM
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On the other hand, treating your citizens decently isn't that low of a bar. There are quite a few states out there where you can't have even that.