Posted on 08/16/2018 2:57:23 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Ole XI of red china, self proclaimed dictator for life.
Venezuela’s heavy oil needs to be upgraded before it can be exported, but at least three PDVSA upgraders are in terrible shape, and the Petropiar upgrader, which PDVSA runs jointly with Chevron, is offline for maintenance. That is also the site overseen by Chevron employees that were detained by Venezuelan security services a few months ago, putting a chill on operations.
Yeah, Chevron was not pleased at all. Hard to blame them.
Independent refiners from China are looking at heavy crude sources such as Mexico’s Maya, Colombia’s Castilla, and Canada’s Cold Lake Blend, according to S&P Global Platts.
The irony there, especially in the case of Castilla, is that these are some of the places the 25,000 oil workers displaced by Chavez and Maduro have ended up. One more in the long, long list of self-inflicted wounds.
Trump administration officials have made thinly veiled calls for a military coup that would topple the Venezuelan dictatorship and pave the way for democracy...
More nation building? How many billions would that cost?
...a military coup in Venezuela would probably lead to a pro-Russian or pro-China regime, rather than to a pro-American one.
Would make a nice american colony.
All that oil. We can put the natives to work, or send in our own and have the natives as domestic servants.
/sarc ()included for the sarcasm impaired)
What is the advice of Columbia? Of Brazil?
What do the Venezuleans in Miami want?
Columbia matters most.
Democracy? DEMOCRACY?
That’s what got these idiotic Venezuelans where they are in the first place.
The electorate is a bunch of ignorant, gullible gibs.
Anyone who is a thinking person has already fled. Only the dumbells are left.
On the eve of the Helsinki Summit, the President of Colombia tweeted:
“To contribute to the crisis in Venezuela I am asking President Trump to request Putin to stop supporting the Maduro regime,” Santos said.
Para contribuir a la solución de la crisis en Venezuela, le pido al presidente Trump @POTUS que le solicite a Putin dejar de apoyar al régimen de Maduro. — Juan Manuel Santos (@JuanManSantos) July 14, 2018
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-asks-trump-to-urge-end-of-russian-support-for-venezuela/
Anybody hear when the Monroe Doctrine expired?
Anybody hear when the Monroe Doctrine expired?
I would expect Colombia and Brazil do not want any part of having to occupy Venezuela (which they’ll be forced to do at some point if the situation continues to deteriorate).
The point I was attempting to make is that those neighbor nations might have opinions on how to go forward and if they favor some outside interference.
From what little I actually know, it would seem Columbia is receiving refugees fleeing the dictator. Fleeing to Columbia to get something to eat is a reality. (Fleeing to Miami to protect weaalth is also a reality I think)
One interesting possibility that comes up is the Monroe Doctrine. My gut tells me that President Trump will not permit Russia or China to take control of Venezuela. If Trump has the neighbors on his side he can act with strength beyond unilateral action.
The model is the Arab coalition developed to counter the destructive influence of Iran. The Arabs rolled out the red carpet and gold leaf furniture for the President in Riyadh. There could be a similar but perhaps less opulent Trump visit to Columbia for the announcement of a similar coalition. The situation will clarify after our elections in November.
People are saying the latest elections were fake. Here is what the Wikipedia writes:
“Because of this, the United Nations,[12][13] European Union,[14][15] the Organization of American States, the Lima Group[16] and countries such as Australia and the United States have rejected the electoral process.[17][18] However, countries such as China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Turkey and others have recognized the election result.”
His REAL name is Nicholas Manure-o.
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