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Published Hands Off Venezuela
As the Venezuelan opposition leader receives the Nobel Peace Prize, Washington is stationing warships off Venezuela’s coast, under the familiar banner of the “war on drugs.” But the US’s escalated military presence in the Caribbean isn’t about fighting cartels. It’s about undermining the Bolivarian Revolution and gaining access to Venezuela’s abundant oil reserves.
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As the Venezuelan opposition leader receives the Nobel Peace Prize, Washington is stationing warships off Venezuela’s coast, under the familiar banner of the “war on drugs.” But the US’s escalated military presence in the Caribbean isn’t about fighting cartels. It’s about undermining the Bolivarian Revolution and gaining access to Venezuela’s abundant oil reserves.