Putin’s and Xi’s sunk costs: Why Trump’s Venezuela oil gambit could be bad news for Russia and China (meduza.io)
from Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org to world@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 11:11
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/48645217

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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 on 07 Jan 12:48 next collapse

It’s bad news for the whole world.

bacon_pdp@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 12:57 next collapse

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 on 07 Jan 13:58 collapse

Do you have any evidence about this claim?

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 07 Jan 19:00 next collapse

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.

northernlights@lemmy.today on 07 Jan 20:15 collapse

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