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Bits from news outlets, that do not align with, the UL, FDS, WOKE, DFI Socialists.
'... U.S. oil companies dominated Venezuela’s petroleum industry until the country’s leaders moved to nationalize the sector, first in the 1970s and again in the 21st century under Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez. Compensation offered by Venezuela was deemed insufficient, and in 2014 an international arbitration panel ordered the country’s socialist government to pay $1.6 billion to ExxonMobil. ..."
"... Venezuela accounts for less than 1% of global oil output and most of its oil is sold on the black market. ..."
" ... Venezuela has exported about 749,000 barrels per day this year, with at least half that oil going to China, according to data from Kpler. That oil output amounts to less than 1% of global supply. ..."
"... The action was a “consented boarding,” with the tanker stopping voluntarily and allowing
"... "Since the U.S. imposed energy sanctions on Venezuela in 2019, traders and refiners buying Venezuelan oil have resorted to a "shadow fleet" of tankers that disguise their location and to vessels sanctioned for transporting Iranian or Russian oil. ..."
"... The dark or shadow fleet is considered exposed to possible punitive measures from the U.S., shipping analysts have said. Centuries, which loaded in Venezuela under the false name "Crag" and is part of the dark fleet, was carrying some 1.8 million barrels of Venezuelan Merey crude oil bound for China, ..."
"... As of this week, of more than 70 oil tankers in Venezuelan waters that are part of the shadow fleet, ..."
And the Best, which the UL WOKE, DFI, FDS SOCIALISTS, never CRIED about.
"... Before this month, the last time Venezuelan oil tankers were seized by the U.S. military was in 2014, under President Barack Obama. ..."
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Ben Franklin once said: "If you give up a freedom, for the sake of security, you will have neither". Which is More TRUE, today, than yesterday.('06, S-40, Stock) well, mostly .
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