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According to Wikipedia [0] it's the US government who blocks offloading of the oil from this platform under the threat of sanctions, not the Venezuelan one. And
by fuoqi 6y ago
According to Wikipedia [0] it's the US government who blocks offloading of the oil from this platform under the threat of sanctions, not the Venezuelan one. And the US sanctions is one of the factors which lead to this situation in the first place.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Nabarima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Nabarima
- toomuchtodo 6y agoTIL! Thank you for sharing that important context!
- engineer_22 6y agoAccording to the same article the platform was property of a US based multinational corporation and was seized by the Venezuelan government. Sanctions were warranted.
- labawi 6y ago> was seized by the Venezuelan government I don't see it in the article. Even so, if a multinational is extracting resources from a country, I'd consider seizure of assets fair game, unless shown otherwise. It's not as if the companies are morally impeccable, poor countries rights and laws respected or even the international treaties fair.