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mitch96

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1. "Purge Has Begun" and big oil is licking it's chops. They have been wanting the oil under Venezuela for years.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 01:03 PM

Saturday

The Maduro gov't was not playing ball. So they just took it..
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world. 300+ billion with a B barrels.BILLION.
The problem is it's very thick sour not light sweet crude that makes gasoline. It needs special refining process to make it into gasoline.. Ane where pray tell are those refineries??? Why in Texas and Louisiana of course. After Maduro took over the oil industry in Venezuela, the output of these refineries went down.
So getting rid if Maduro and his cronies was a oil grab plain and simple...I wonder how much they paid the orange one to pull this off??
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Maduro Is Gone, and the Purge Has Begun [View all] Zorro Saturday OP

"Purge Has Begun" and big oil is licking it's chops. They have been wanting the oil under Venezuela for years. mitch96 Saturday #1

Apparently... 2naSalit Saturday #2

Say hello to the new dictator, same as the old dictator. nt eppur_se_muova Saturday #3