In a move officials say will attempt to pressure Venezuela’s Maduro government stepping down, the US has imposed broad sanctions on the nation’s state-run oil firm PDVSA. The sanctions are expected to greatly reduce Venezuelan oil exports to the US.
The US didn’t formally ban Venezuelan oil from entering the US. They
did, however, require that all payment for that oil go into a “blocked
account” that the Maduro government can’t access. Effectively this means
they can keep sending oil to the US, but the US won’t necessarily be
paying for it.
It is expected that Venezuela will start expecting tankers bound for the
US to pay at the port instead, and President Maduro accused the US of
trying to steal PDVSA’s US refinery company, Citgo, it’s most valuable
asset.
It’s not clear what Citgo’s immediate plans are, but other refiners say
they don’t expect any disruption in overall supply from the Venezuelan
sanctions.
Is shutdown the only way to stop Congress from meddling in foreign policy? Clearly, we have no domestic problems, nothing that our lawmakers care. Let us prolp Nordanian government — now thar Saudis are no longer doing it — and naturally, any excuse to give more money to Israel. As if it is not bad enough for so many states that have antii-BDS legislation in place, this would make it bational requirement. Democrats inthe House would object? Who would object? Sanders can safely do that, but not many. I guess Pledge of Allegiance must change as well in due course.
Sanctions, sanctions everywhere. When will we go too far with that? We’ll know when it blows up in our faces.
It is now, with Iran. Venezuela might make that worse.
The ship has sailed on ‘when will we go too far’. We’ve destroyed so many lives over the years(approx. 500,000 Iraqis alone). If there is a hell, it is going to be full up.
This type of blatant disregard for self governance is the norm for the US.
Here’s more background on how blatant we’ve recently acted in Venezuela alone..
The Dirty Hand of the National Endowment for Democracy in Venezuela
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/01/28/the-dirty-hand-of-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-in-venezuela/
When the empire wants to steal your resources and enslave your citizens it no longer even feels the need to hide it from either us or them…. Think about how group think and sociopathic that is…. Scary sh*t.
At least they used to keep the sausage making part a secret. Now they pretty much brag about it and expect us to pat them on the back….