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US will be ‘strongly involved’ in Venezuela oil industry, Trump says after Caracas attacked and Maduro captured | Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves (www.theguardian.com)
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For context, the US oil company Chevron is the largest international investor in Venezuela

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 72 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Anybody here surprised?

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 36 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Kinda, I was expecting a long drawn out operation, this is one of the quickest arrests of a leader that I can remember.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maduro being arrested wont prevent this from turning into a long drawn out conflict. Just like Russias "special military operation" didnt end very quickly.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Yep farc has been operating there for like 5 decades. Guerilla movements are really really hard to take down.

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The Iraq War didn't end when we killed Saddam, that was really only the beginning.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The real question is how the locals will react to this invasion. A lot of them hated the Maduro regime after it continued the economic decline of the country. OTOH they are about to be occupied by an imperialist country, have their natural resources plundered, and likely experience martial law. There's no greater radicalizing influence than having a loved one killed or their property stolen by a hostile state.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

There won't be a military occupation in the sense of Humvees patrolling. It will be a political occupation, aka a puppet state, which is harder to physically fight against.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 days ago

trump said that the US is “going to run” Venezuela until a proper transfer of power can happen. It will absolutely be long and drawn out.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

The incompetence of the big leader is indeed quite the contrast with the competence of the military