“Why Venezuela Was Attacked: Follow the Oil, Not the Rhetoric”, Goa Chronicles, January 03, 2026
“If you want to understand why the United States attacked Venezuela, do not waste too much time listening to the lofty speeches about democracy, human rights, or saving the Venezuelan people. Those are the wrapping paper. Tear it off and what you will find underneath is oil – thick, heavy, inconvenient oil that refuses to fit neatly into Washington’s idea of obedience.
Venezuela sits on the largest proven oil reserves on the planet – more than Saudi Arabia, more than Iran, more than Iraq. According to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Venezuela’s reserves are estimated at over 300 billion barrels, most of it concentrated in the Orinoco Belt. This is not disputed data. It is publicly available, widely acknowledged, and strategically explosive.
Oil is not just an economic commodity. Oil is power. Oil decides currencies, alliances, wars, and regime changes. And Venezuela, under President Nicolás Maduro, committed what Washington considers the ultimate geopolitical sin: it refused to fully submit its oil policy to American interests……”
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