Trump Can Control the Oil. He Cannot Control the Politics
Donald Trump may have secured access to one of the largest pools of oil on earth. He has not secured the politics around it. The...
Tag: venezuela
Treasury Takes the Oil: Venezuela Becomes a US-Run Commodity Colony
In the age of empires, conquest is rarely announced with flags and formal annexations. It is executed through contracts, shipping lanes, and escrow accounts. That...
How Washington Just Cut Beijing Out of Venezuela
The announcement was brief, deliberately blunt, and strategically revealing. Donald Trump declared that Venezuela would deliver between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to...
Venezuela as the First Protectorate of the New Empire
The declaration came without hesitation and without disguise. Hours after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump announced that the United States would govern Venezuela...
The Empire Is Back, and It Doesn’t Ask for Permission
The overnight seizure of Nicolas Maduro, flown from a guarded military base near Caracas to a New York prison, was not merely a spectacular operation....
Oil price toward new highs, bad news for Central Bankers
When oil surged above $90 a barrel a few days ago, observers attributed it to military tensions between Israel and Iran. However, the underlying reasons...
American producers major beneficiaries of sanctions on Russian oil
The United States is the primary beneficiary of sanctions on Russian and Venezuelan oil. American oil exports have set five new monthly records since Western...