@howarthm.bsky.social🚨 the new #Venezuela #oil deal, as traditional a piece of #C19th colonialism as one can imagine... Many Venezuelans, delighted #NicolásMaduro is in a #US prison..must have hoped for the overthrow of the dictatorship, not a new colonial master with its hands on their oil. #MartinWolf @ftedit.ft.com
@howarthm.bsky.socialNine months after the #US abducted Venezuelan President #NicolásMaduro, a highly unusual #oil deal has surfaced: not a standard international trade agreement, it’s structured through a #Barbados -based private company owned by a controversial businessman, w/ #US Dept Defense taking a 35% stake.
@dustcircle.bsky.socialEx- #Venezuelan President #NicolásMaduro and wife seek to end #drugcharges case on #immunity grounds