JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
Trump hates Venesuaela because it is left leaning. He is pressing to support right wing governments all over the world and undermine leftist countries. Meanwhile he pardoned Juan Hernandez who was a major drug dealer.
fanuc2013 · 51-55, F
@JimboSaturn It might have something to do with the president of Venezuela losing his re-election and not stepping down! The woman who won the election had to go into hiding to save her life!
ElwoodBlues · M
Venezuela nationalized oil fields in 1976, and paid partial compensation over the decades. Yeah, we a war right now over oil company compensation disputes from 1976!!!
AI (always iffy) overview
AI (always iffy) overview
Who Got What (Examples):
ExxonMobil: Sought billions, ended up with a 2012 ruling for $255 million from an ICC case and a later $1.6 billion ICSID award (later annulled).
ConocoPhillips: Received large awards from World Bank tribunals, totaling billions, though enforcement and payment were challenging.
Total, Chevron, Statoil, BP: Agreed to give PDVSA majority control and remained as minority partners, avoiding full expropriation.
Williams Cos. & Exterran Holdings: Received payments ($420 million) for natural gas assets nationalized in 2009.
Rusoro Mining & Crystallex: Canadian mining firms settled claims for over $1 billion each after arbitration
ExxonMobil: Sought billions, ended up with a 2012 ruling for $255 million from an ICC case and a later $1.6 billion ICSID award (later annulled).
ConocoPhillips: Received large awards from World Bank tribunals, totaling billions, though enforcement and payment were challenging.
Total, Chevron, Statoil, BP: Agreed to give PDVSA majority control and remained as minority partners, avoiding full expropriation.
Williams Cos. & Exterran Holdings: Received payments ($420 million) for natural gas assets nationalized in 2009.
Rusoro Mining & Crystallex: Canadian mining firms settled claims for over $1 billion each after arbitration
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
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Northwest · M
It will be interesting if Trump provide an accurate account of what happened in 2007, when Chavez forced a 60% Venezuelan ownership of the remaining foreign controlled companies.
So, history repeats itself and now Exxon and BP want to overthrow the Venezuelan government, just like they did in 1955 when they overthrew the Iranian government in 1955. That was a smashing success. More winning.
So, history repeats itself and now Exxon and BP want to overthrow the Venezuelan government, just like they did in 1955 when they overthrew the Iranian government in 1955. That was a smashing success. More winning.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
I wouldn’t mind making Marguerite island a US territory .
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@zonavar68 The UK will take back New York.
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@SunshineGirl Let's re-start the Falklands war - that was a nice succinct 'modern war' that actually was not at all about oil or really even about religion.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@zonavar68 It was arguably about a leader's ego and distraction from problems back at home. Also made a hero out of Prince Andrew 😬
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
Europe is now stealing other ppls Money to pay for an unwinnable war. to delay their own purge from their positions…
To the last Ukrainian comrades ✊🏻
To the last Ukrainian comrades ✊🏻
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
All they need to do is give him a (made-up) world peace prize and he will move on to the Warner Brothers sale.
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