They just do not want colonizers to steal their country and interfere in their internal decisions. Unfortunately, this is the story with every First World colonizer: they do not agree with that.
They want to have their cake and eat it too. Here, the Venezuelan government invited western oil companies to develop its oil fields. Then they broke the deal and stole the infrastructure the western countries had built.
That’s very different from actual colonization, where countries showed up and expropriated resources the natives were already developing.
Oil companies were apparently compensated, but also allegedly not enough. Companies were awarded further compensation in international arbitration, but Venezuela has avoided fully paying up.
If that's all accurate there are numbers out there for what they owe, and it shouldn't be whatever the POTUS decides.
rayiner|1 month ago
That’s very different from actual colonization, where countries showed up and expropriated resources the natives were already developing.
Rapzid|1 month ago
If that's all accurate there are numbers out there for what they owe, and it shouldn't be whatever the POTUS decides.
xg15|1 month ago
unknown|1 month ago
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