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Right before Nicolás Maduro was captured, Venezuela was preparing to invade Guyana over one of the world’s largest offshore oil discoveries. US special operations forces moved in before the conflict could spiral into a regional war/humanitarian crisis
x.com ^ | May 20, 2026 | Joshua Philipp @JoshJPhilipp

Posted on 05/20/2026 4:24:25 PM PDT by ransomnote

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Joshua Philipp

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President Trump prevented a major war in South America.

Right before Nicolás Maduro was captured, Venezuela was preparing to invade Guyana over one of the world’s largest offshore oil discoveries.

US special operations forces moved in before the conflict could spiral into a regional war and humanitarian crisis that would have sent waves of migrants across the region.

And somehow, the mainstream media barely wants to talk about it.

May 20, 2026

 



TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: brazil; ccp; chicoms; china; guyana; nicolasmaduro; venezuela; video

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Venezuela's navy and ground troops were in position. Brazil's leader committed his country to help.
1 posted on 05/20/2026 4:24:25 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

No wars for Guyana!


2 posted on 05/20/2026 4:26:32 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: ransomnote

3 posted on 05/20/2026 4:27:08 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote

Exxon Mobile has the contract to extract oil from Guyana’s 4th largest oilfield in the world


4 posted on 05/20/2026 4:27:53 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: ransomnote
Thanks for bringing this up. It's true. Maduro was planning on seizing the country of Guyana.
That would have been bad news. Guyana has rich untapped oil resources, but the whole country
is undeveloped, and largely devoid of a transportation structure. Thank God for President Trump.

5 posted on 05/20/2026 4:31:36 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: ransomnote

Venezuela has just as much claim to the Essequibo region, that Argentina does for the Falklands.


6 posted on 05/20/2026 4:33:36 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: Mr. Blond

I said when it happened that this was all about Exxon. In Angola, it was all about Chevron then Exxon.

It helps to have friends in high places and be in the national interest


7 posted on 05/20/2026 5:56:10 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: ransomnote

And this info comes from our CIA. Yeh that one that was led by a communist muslim. no thanks BS.


8 posted on 05/20/2026 6:19:54 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: Sequoyah101

At least it means cheap gas for us, right? Right?!?


9 posted on 05/20/2026 8:20:02 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: kvanbrunt2

It’s a wonder any honest, by and large, US Administration can accomplish anything, what with the murky dealings of our alphabet agencies.


10 posted on 05/20/2026 8:38:37 PM PDT by citizen (All Bush-era RINOs have got to be primaried out.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

11 posted on 05/21/2026 8:06:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: ransomnote

This has been brewing for about 2 years and a war was close to imminent. I had been keeping up with this and it all stopped when Maduro was janked out.


12 posted on 05/21/2026 10:17:21 AM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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