Many Venezuelans suspected that there was going to be a price to pay for Trump’s brazen capture of their autocratic leader, Nicolás Maduro, who was arrested by U.S. forces in January.
On Friday, that cost became clear when Trump announced that the U.S. would be taking majority control of a vast part of Venezuela’s oil reserves — national resources long considered by many in the country to be a birthright.
By Saturday, many Venezuelans were grappling with whether they were willing to pay that price.
NY Times: ‘A New Form of U.S. Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover
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