Venezuela - US Conflict: News, Updates

If you guys didn't realise international law was a dead duck concept, Gaza should have opened up most people's eyes. Its always been might is right law of the jungle, trumpy is just more brazen says how it is and does not care.
 
Master Chief said:
Hitherto, regime change required some degree of economic or political leverage to be deployed against the target state. It was simply not viable economically for USA to go toe to toe in a purely military sense with all its targets and to bear the economic or political consequences of protracted wars against resistant nations. Look at Vietnam, Afghanistan.

Now, American technology is so advanced that a decapitation strike is the preferred modus operandi because it is quick and collateral harm is minimised and costs are far less to impose regime change.
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Well, this century clearly belongs to a rising China with the biggest economy and the best technology, or so we are told endlessly.

Let us see what lead they take in leading the world in a better manner compared to USA.

It is inevitable, right?
 
VCheng said:
Well, this century clearly belongs to a rising China with the biggest economy and the best technology, or so we are told endlessly.

Let us see what lead they take in leading the world in a better manner compared to USA.

It is inevitable, right?
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So military capability and remote political influence have no bearing on this calculus?

I cannot think of a single empire in history where all four of these factors were not of relevance in sustainability of said empire.

In fact, absolute military supremacy, arguably, is the one contributory element that could trump all others in certain cases. PRC can protect itself from USA's direct military threat but it cannot protect its global economic interests from the same threat.
 
Master Chief said:
So military capability and remote political influence have no bearing on this calculus?
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It would, but it has been shown time and again that USA is a decaying empire with no real manufacturing ability left, and a debt-ridden economy that can no longer sustain its rapidly deteriorating military capabilities.

As a result, no one really listens to USA as an important voice to heed, at least not any more, even the countries that once might have.
 
Venezuela not only has oil but rich mineral deposits, including rare earths. But American companies are concerned about political instability, illicit mining, lack of geological data and poor security.

Almost identical concerns about another country that aspires to become a mineral exporter to USA :)

 
VCheng said:
It would, but it has been shown time and again that USA is a decaying empire with no real manufacturing ability left, and a debt-ridden economy that can no longer sustain its rapidly deteriorating military capabilities.

As a result, no one really listens to USA as an important voice to heed, at least not any more, even the countries that once might have.
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"Deteriorating military capabilities"?

I have just stated that American military supremacy over most nations is a simple and demonstrable fact. Are you perhaps referencing some other conversation?

Good thing you aren't my proof reader.
 
Master Chief said:
I have just stated that American military supremacy over most nations is a simple and demonstrable fact. Are you perhaps referencing some other conversation?
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No Sir. You stated something that many would disagree with. The US economy is debt ridden and failing to compete with China and cannot sustain a bloated and inefficient military.

One raid into a tinpot country where the President cannot even trust his own countrymen to provide him with security is hardly any proof of superior military capabilities.

(For anyone not believing the above should really peruse the ample excellent material on such information posted over the years on PDF by so many prolific Chinese members.)
 
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US to cut Venezuelan aid to Cuba if no deal, Trump says​


Trump suggests US Secretary of State Rubio could become president of communist Cuba

AFP
January 11, 2026


trump said that cuba lived for many years on large amounts of oil and money from venezuela photo reuters


Trump said that “Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. PHOTO:REUTERS

US President Donald Trump urged Cuba on Sunday to “make a deal” or face unspecified consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money to Havana would now stop.

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said on his Truth Social channel. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”

His remarks come a week after US forces seized Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro in a nighttime operation in Caracas that killed dozens of Venezuelan and Cuban security forces.

Earlier on Sunday Trump reposted a message suggesting that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio could become the president of now communist-ruled Cuba.

Trump shared that post with the comment: “Sounds good to me!”

In his own post soon afterwards, Trump said that “Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“Most of those Cubans are DEAD from last week’s USA attack, and Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years.”

Under a US trade embargo, Havana since 2000 has increasingly relied on Venezuelan oil provided as part of a deal struck with Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chavez.
 
It seems that things did not go according to Trump's wishes in Venezuela.The CEO of Exxon Mobil, the American energy giant, says that Venezuela's oil is not investable.Reports from ABC, NPR, and CNN confirm that Trump's meeting with the heads of major oil companies on January 9 to discuss investing in Venezuela's oil concluded that the cost of extracting Venezuela's oil is high.Estimates indicate that the cost of properly rebuilding the oil sector could reach more than 100 billion dollars, with many years required and the result not satisfactory, since Venezuelan oil is heavy and requires high-end refineries and significant capabilities, and at the very least needs to be sold at $80 per barrel, making it unprofitable currently at current prices.The reports also confirmed that Venezuelan oil (high in sulfur, low in hydrogen) is what makes it unattractive to major energy investors from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP, and others.

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The current situation in Venezuela is not ripe for investments, and the reason is Venezuela's legal and commercial environment.
It is required to amend commercial and legal regulations and systems to welcome investment. The reason, once again, is that their assets have been confiscated twice before and they are not willing to have them confiscate a third time because the assets are estimated at billions of dollars.
 
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