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Trump’s Venezuela gamble threatens to upend years of painstaking work by Russia and China in a country that holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves. Both powers have invested heavily in Venezuelan crude, infrastructure, and political ties, filling the vacuum left by Western companies under sanctions. A potential U.S. return would not only challenge these positions but could also weaken China’s access to discounted oil and undercut Russia’s influence in Latin America.

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[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

It's bad news for the whole world.

[–] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In the 4 weeks leading up to the this big event; Russian intelligence received critical intelligence from the United States about Ukraine and performed actions against strategic targets.

Russia did a “Ukraine for Venezuela” trade deal with Trump.

[–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 days ago

Do you have any evidence about this claim?

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Lol I just realized the domain name of OP's instance: sdf.org. Couldn't help but notice that means "homeless" in French.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No shit Sherlock. It's also bad news for Ukraine. And everyone else really. Case in point - the crisis over Greenland. That said Trump is in collab with Putin so it may not be all bad for Russia.