Trump Empire of Energy Extraction Will Backfire

What a difference a year makes. Last fall, President Trump was ordering U.S. warships to block oil tankers leaving the coasts of Venezuela. Less than 12 months later, Mr. Trump has announced “the biggest oil deal in world history” with the country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez. This is the same Ms. Rodríguez, of course, who was appointed Venezuela’s vice president by Nicolás Maduro, the former Venezuelan leader who was captured during a U.S. military operation in January and is now awaiting trial in a Brooklyn jail on charges of narco-terrorism. Read Full Article »