WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration said it would not renew a license set to expire early on Thursday that had broadly eased Venezuela oil sanctions, moving to reimpose punitive measures in response to President Nicolas Maduro’s failure to meet his election commitments. Just hours before the deadline, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on its website that it had issued a replacement license giving companies 45 days to “wind down” their business and transactions in the OPEC country's oil and gas sector. Washington had repeatedly threatened in recent months to reinstate energy sanctions unless Maduro made good on his promises that led to partial U.S. sanctions relief from October, following an election deal reached between the government and the Venezuelan opposition.
      • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafeEnglish
        43·
        8 months ago

        Mhmm. Because America would never interfere in a South American election, or threaten economic harm if they don’t play along, not because it loves democracy, but because they’re filthy socialists.

        • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          25·
          8 months ago

          Right, would you like to outline the timeline of Venezuelan socialism and American sanctions for me?

          Fuck’s sake.

          • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafeEnglish
            52·
            8 months ago

            Sure bro.

            Venezuela: Stops doing what America wants, sanctions. Keeps not doing what America wants, coups.

            Hope that clears things up.

            • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
              35·
              8 months ago

              Thanks for demonstrating utter illiteracy in international affairs. Thinking is too hard, I guess; easier to treat it as a religion.

              • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafeEnglish
                31·
                8 months ago

                Uh huh. Hey, why don’t you hop over to a South or Central American community and ask them what they think about it?

                You know, you’ve usually got pretty reasonable takes. I think some more, and non-American, perspectives on the matter might do you a lot of good.

                • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  13·
                  8 months ago

                  Good idea.

                  You know, you’ve usually got pretty reasonable takes. I think some more, and non-American, perspectives on the matter might do you a lot of good.

                  I majored in international history. I follow international politics closely. The assumption that American diabolism is the default position amongst non-Americans is nothing but fantasy. In some places, the US retains a good reputation - in others, a predominantly negative one - but the fantasies of American diabolists, where the US is always a negative influence and never does anything, even accidentally, correct, is not a majority opinion outside of a small circlejerk of online leftists.