@Metal-Brain saidMaduro is a dunce. His skill is to take the richest South American country and convert it into the poorest. People like you that speak highly of these idiots and just as stupid.
So you want a crook and a thief to go there and fix everything. You are such a retard. Why not want Maduro to come here and fix this country? Same flawed logic. You want thieves to stop other thieves. So you are taking the side of one thief over another....you retard.
@Metal-Brain saidGross ignorance. Of course its Venezuelas oil. Nobody said otherwise. Third world countries do not have the technology and knowhow to drill, and refine oil. So they invite bids from large companies that can do this. These companies invest billions into exploration and production. They lease these fields, pay royalties and taxes. Chavez expelled many of these US businesses and expropriated their assets without compensation.
Why do you think colonies and their puppet governments exist? Because empires are just a band of thieves. Trump is stealing oil from Venezuela. Stop pretending Trump is the cop of the seas. He is a pirate.
Trump as absolutely correct to go in there take whatever was stolen from these US companies. Chavez and Maduro are thieves, and should be made to repay what was lost.
Also I agree will killing drug runners in the Caribbean.
@Rajk999 saidVenezuela nationalized its oil industry almost 50 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Venezuelan_oil_industry
Gross ignorance. Of course its Venezuelas oil. Nobody said otherwise. Third world countries do not have the technology and knowhow to drill, and refine oil. So they invite bids from large companies that can do this. These companies invest billions into exploration and production. They lease these fields, pay royalties and taxes. Chavez expelled many of these US businesse ...[text shortened]... d should be made to repay what was lost.
Also I agree will killing drug runners in the Caribbean.
@no1marauder saidThese days with so much information easily available there is no need for half-truths and misinformation.
Venezuela nationalized its oil industry almost 50 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Venezuelan_oil_industry
1976 - Full Nationalization
1990 - Partial foreign investment [clearly they were unable to do it alone, like I said]
2000 -Back to Full Nationalization and expropriation of assets.
Here is the whole story from Google AI:
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1976 Nationalization: Under the presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez, the Venezuelan government officially took control of its entire petroleum industry on January 1, 1976. This move brought hundreds of foreign-owned assets, including those of American companies like ExxonMobil and Gulf Oil, under state control and led to the creation of the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).
Partial Opening (1990s): During the administration of Rafael Caldera in the 1990s, Venezuela began a policy of "oil opening" or "internationalization" to attract foreign capital and expertise. This involved inviting private, including foreign, companies to participate in joint ventures and operate marginal oil fields to increase exploration and production.
Re-Nationalization (2000s): When Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, he reversed the opening policy. In the mid-2000s, his government forced foreign companies to accept minority stakes in joint ventures with PDVSA, effectively re-nationalizing the industry and asserting full state control over operations and revenue distribution. Companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips that refused these new terms had their assets expropriated.
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@Rajk999 saidThat is the most stupid reply in recent history. So you went with the lesser of 2 evils. Like when you voted for president.
If all politicians are crooks, then smart people go with the smalltime crook. You have sided with the bigtime crooks aka the communists and socialists, whose countries are failures and people leave by the millions to escape the poverty suffering and starvation they create.
Which organized crime syndicate is the lesser of 2 evils? That is the rationalization that you are trying to explain with failure.
@Rajk999 saidDoes your country have universal healthcare?
Maduro is a dunce. His skill is to take the richest South American country and convert it into the poorest. People like you that speak highly of these idiots and just as stupid.
Why is it that the richest country in the world cannot afford what one of the poorest countries can? The USA does not take care of it's people. Plutocrats do not care about poor people.
Now do you understand why Maduro got a majority vote? Because poor people are the majority. Pretty simple.