Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s vice-dictator, warned Washington on Jan. 30 that her government will refuse to accept deported migrants if the U.S. reimposes oil and gas sanctions: “If they make the mistake of intensifying the economic aggression against Venezuela . . . repatriation flights for Venezuelan migrants will be immediately revoked as of Feb. 13.”
Focusing on American energy independence, and a goal of America as an energy exporter would financially weaken many global bad actors. Seems to me a nearly painless way to remove the stranglehold some countries have on others. An ability to flood the market at strategic times would enable precise financial hits. Cheap gas won’t stop Putin, but consistently cheap gas might have deterred him from grand plans of invading other countries.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/maduro-plays-the-migrant-blackmail-card-venezuela-us-oil-gas-sanctions-biden-d1278704?st=1ad3rfk2jepdo0a&reflink=article_copyURL_share
Similar situations with the United States and Venezuela.
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Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s vice-dictator, warned Washington on Jan. 30 that her government will refuse to accept deported migrants if the U.S. reimposes oil and gas sanctions: “If they make the mistake of intensifying the economic aggression against Venezuela . . . repatriation flights for Venezuelan migrants will be immediately revoked as of Feb. 13.”
Focusing on American energy independence, and a goal of America as an energy exporter would financially weaken many global bad actors. Seems to me a nearly painless way to remove the stranglehold some countries have on others. An ability to flood the market at strategic times would enable precise financial hits. Cheap gas won’t stop Putin, but consistently cheap gas might have deterred him from grand plans of invading other countries.