VENEZUELA: ROUNDUP -4- GUAIDO SEEKS TO SELL OUT VENEZUELA’S OIL INDUSTRY, AND U.S. IS WILLING TO BUY

13 March 2019 — 

Juan Guaido, the self-proclaimed “interim president” of Venezuela, has offered to sell out Venezuela’s oil industry to foreign private companies, and the U.S. has expressed its willingness to buy.

Guaido has proposed a “draft legislation” that will sell Venezuela’s oil reserves to private companies, a Reuters report said. The move would shrink the participation of state-run oil company PdVSA.

Ricardo Hausmann, Guaido’s delegate to the Inter-American Development Bank, said, “We need to change the current framework. We need to open up the oil industry to private investment.”

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US Attack on Venezuelan Power Grid ‘First Act in the Next Play’ of Regime Change

A massive power outage at the Guri Dam in Venezuela caused 18 of the country’s 23 states to go dark on Thursday, bringing life to a halt. Caracas has alleged it’s the work of Washington, where key politicos seemed to know about the attack almost as it happened. An activist told Sputnik it’s the “first act in a new play” of regime change.
— Read on sputniknews.com/analysis/201903091073076691-US-Attack-Venezuelan-Power-Grid-First-Act-New-Play/

Confidante of ‘Tyrants:’ An Interview With Former Chavez Advisor Eva Golinger

Well, surely there would be people fleeing the country if there were to be any sort of U.S. military intervention. I think those who are clamoring for that kind of intervention –  there are Venezuelans clamoring for that. They may not live there necessarily. It may be largely the expat community in the United States, principally. They’re naively believing somehow that U.S. Military operations would only target the government and the government supporters. But that’s not how it works. If they bomb an area of Venezuela, there will be all kinds of classes and colors of Venezuelans who will be killed. Who will be mained. Who will suffer. So I think people need to really consider what kind of action they’re advocating for when it comes to regime change in Venezuela. It’s very difficult to imagine at this stage a negotiated settlement that would be peaceful.
— Read on theglobepost.com/2019/01/30/eva-golinger-interview-venezuela/