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> Worse still is Maduro’s continued insistence that it’s a conspiracy against Venezuela Coincidence or not, Venezuela is sitting in the world's biggest oil res
by meiraleal 8y ago
> Worse still is Maduro’s continued insistence that it’s a conspiracy against Venezuela
Coincidence or not, Venezuela is sitting in the world's biggest oil reserves. And there are really some foreign companies trying to get it for free (the same they are doing without effort in Brazil and Argentina, which will open 3 US military bases now that the president is "aligned" with the US).
- waffle_ss 8y agoYet things got a lot worse after Chavez's continued nationalization of industries, kicking out those foreign companies and replacing workers with Chavistas.
- diminish 8y agoWho are Chavistas? An ethnic or religious group in the country or are they ordinary citizens who voted for the government?
- stevenjohns 8y agoI believe it's a reference to people who are strong supporters of Chavez or the ideology[0]. So not necessarily ethnic or religious -- but political. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavismo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavismo