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2018-12-24 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela navy intercepts Exxon oil ship in Guyanese waters: Guyana

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Posted by 746 2018-12-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Next development could be that Venezuela changes the name of its currency from "bolivar" to "bolivarrrrrrgh!"

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-24 00:56|| 2018-12-24 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Keep an eye on this one. The Venezuelans are just about at the "start a war to distract the population" point in the playbook.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-12-24 04:03|| 2018-12-24 04:03|| Front Page Top

#3 This just might be the flashpoint needed to topple the Venezuela government -- a circumstance hoped for by the U.S. State and Defense Departments.

Posted by Bertie Snunter9710 2018-12-24 07:23|| 2018-12-24 07:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Russia needs to do something to keep the price of oil elevated, and if it costs Venezuelan lives, well, their self-determination is mainly fictional right now anyway.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-12-24 08:28|| 2018-12-24 08:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Venezuala has "territorial claims" on a large chunk of Guyana...Guayana Esequiba. This bleeds over into offshore claims. The inhabitants of Guayana have every reason to be nervous about their neighbor.

Posted by magpie 2018-12-24 12:32|| 2018-12-24 12:32|| Front Page Top

#6 There's a way to solve that problem.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-12-24 14:11|| 2018-12-24 14:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Venezuelan Navy? Nothing there a couple of Mark 48s can't fix.

Tell the Venezuelan navy to ask the Argentinians about the Belgrano.

Posted by Boss Spoper5850 2018-12-24 14:23|| 2018-12-24 14:23|| Front Page Top

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