[GaryCrow]

They were importing fuel, not oil. There's a difference.

Venezuelan crude oil is hard to refine and they don't have the capability to do it. They don't have the capability to do much of anything thanks to Chavez and Maduro.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

And to think, CITGO was Venezuelan owned, refined and supplied fuel to the US.
Like the old joke goes...”What did Socialists use for light before candles?”
And: “Electricity”.