The Grayzone
'A deal signed at gunpoint'- Francisco Rodríguez slams neocolonial US-Venezuela oil pact After kidnapping Venezuela's President and First Lady, the Trump administration has struck a historic deal with Venezuela's unelected leadership that effectively grants it control over one fifth of the country's massive oil reserves Economist Francisco Rodríguez tells Max Blumenthal why he believes the deal represents "gunpoint diplomacy," with Venezuela's de facto President Delcy Rodríguez essentially gifting the US billions of barrels of crude in order to avoid the same fate as her predecessor https://youtu.be/-yvHJEsE1XI?si=iQs5u2DDUEDVU-9u