
Oil war: How US and Saudi crashed crude prices to hurt Russia, Iran, Venezuela in 2014
Geopolitical Economy Report
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The Economic Crisis in Venezuela Was Not Because of Socialism
In 2013 Uochavez died after very suspiciously contracting and aggressive form of cancer that many Venezuelans have suspected was because of some kind of advanced new technology. In 2014 there was the beginning of a US backed violent coup attempt against Maduro to try to overthrow his government using violent blockades called Guarimbas. And then the US began imposing more and more sanctions on Venezuela, crashing its economy, which was very reliant of course on oil exports. So the US has been waging an economic war in Venezuela for years now and it was not the result of the economic crisis in Venezuela was not because of socialism. That's why I wanted to spend this time today going through and looking at this important
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