
How Trump's oily dreams could crumble into a dark pit like Venezuela
The big picture of oil in Venezuela is far more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects.

Pepe Escobar is a journalist and correspondent for several international publications.
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Future of the former "Western Regions": geostrategic, energy-rich, multicultural and multi-religious node of the "moderately prosperous" New Silk Road
Brilliant Eurasian cultures converged, interacted, and spread their wings along the Ancient Silk Roads.