Yes, an older article but within the context of the poor coverage we get regarding happenings in South America it helps to reveal the scope of some of President Trump’s concerns.
I have people wondering why the big deal with the Panama Canal etc. And if people understood what China, Russia, and Iran have been busy doing ...well folks might get a better understanding there’s been a slow march by those friend/enemies within striking distance.
A few of the other linked articles are more recent, demonstrating the ‘goal’ of the opposition.
Item of significance that is frequently gotten wrong.
Oil. Venezuelan oil is usually thought of as very low API number, meaning viscous and thick and heavy, and consequently hard to refine.
The oil in the Orinoco region is indeed like this. It would require an effort on the magnitude of the entire oil sands area of Northern Alberta to get out that oil. But what is often gotten wrong is that not all of Venezuela’s oil is like that. More tolerable oil exists in the country and largely pays for what Russia and China are doing there.
Whatever happened to the Monroe Doctrine?