An American oil empire is a deeply flawed idea
JUST HOURS after America captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, on January 3rd, President Donald Trump clarified his motivation. “The oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time,” he said. America would “spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure…and start making money for the country”.
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