The US-Venezuela oil deal was extracted through coercion rather than freely negotiated.
Supports
“You opted to push an asset grab, an unconstitutional deal with an illegitimate oppressive government, instead of using US leadership to re-establish constitutional rule and democracy first, and then deal with a legitimate government that could have made credible long-term commitments, in due course.”
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“All we’re doing is taking an idle, underground asset that isn’t doing anything for Venezuelan people, and bringing the money, the technology to develop it,”