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I am in Venezuela. From what i see and my mother, who is more aware of these things, has explained me, in short:
That's pretty much it. As for sources, I can't recommend any in English, as the vast majority exaggerate or distort the narrative according to an agenda (whether for or against the United States). All mine are regional and in Spanish. The closest would be RT, but it has a very bad reputation (and rightly so).
In reality, everything remains the same at the citizen level. The same people are still in charge, and the dollar continues to rise. The only difference is that Venezuelan oil may be sold to Israel by the US, while we will continue to eat shit with the Chavistas.
Change so that nothing changes.
my spanish is poor, but i can piece the news together. what's your favorite reliable source?
In general, I mostly follow those sources that have a functional RSS.
I'm pretty sure some of those have an English version (if you can find it, that is).
I also have translation whatsits for what i can't read so thanks for letting me know what works in your language
Except that the benefactor of your oil wealth changed