The communists socialists nationalized the oil business and we all left. Then it fell apart.
Any more than that from the NYT is just fluff. It is a 15 word story.
“...The communists socialists nationalized the oil business and we all left. Then it fell apart. Any more than that from the NYT is just fluff. It is a 15 word story.....”
That pretty well sums it up.
Their oil is a heavy sour type that requires certain technology and expertise to refine. That technology/expertise resides with the USA. In other words, they crapped a massive load of socialist diarrha in their own mess kits.