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Invasion of Venezuela - Megathread (use for all Venezuela-related news until further notice) (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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Please include sources for any claims; baseless speculation is counterproductive. Remember that this is not a win for the US, just another outburst of a dying empire.

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

An executive from the US oil company Halliburton reminded US President Donald Trump that the reason the company abandoned its operations in Venezuela was the sanctions imposed on the South American country by the president himself in 2019 , during his first term in the White House, although "we intended to stay."

Out of the horse mouth:

“As a company, we left under the sanctions in 2019. We intended to stay,” but “when the sanctions came into place, we were required to leave.”

Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2009961619166552064/vid/avc1/1280x714/KvymTBsqcsogqyHH.mp4

Source -> https://www.telesurtv.net/halliburton-trump-sancion-petroleo-venezuela/