U.S. officials have demanded Venezuela supply at least a portion of oil exports to the United States as part of any agreement to ease oil trading sanctions on the OPEC member nation, two people close to the matter said.
there was also a Richard Branson "Help Venezuela" type event where it was obvious the US was trying to sneak in guns for their opposition employees and they were not allowed in, then the convoy got blown up, the US accused Venezuela, a few days later proof emerged that the convoy was blown up by the troops who had defected for Guaidó iirc
less than five years ago the USA tried to assassinate Maduro with a drone
Absolutely hilarous how the US is speedrunning global hegemony
2022 and they're still doing foreign policy like they think it's 1992
Didn’t trump send SF to blow up aid convoys or something and then got arrested?
that's the Silvercorps fiasco I think you're thinking of, where the merecenaries peed themselves after getting captured by fishermen
there was also a Richard Branson "Help Venezuela" type event where it was obvious the US was trying to sneak in guns for their opposition employees and they were not allowed in, then the convoy got blown up, the US accused Venezuela, a few days later proof emerged that the convoy was blown up by the troops who had defected for Guaidó iirc
What? I don't remember this at all.
Interview with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro: 'John Bolton tried to assassinate me' | video from The Grayzone
Venezuela President Maduro survives 'drone assassination attempt' | BBC
2018 Caracas drone attack | NATOpedia