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Maybe there’s an argument that the Exxon deal was so bad that annexation was the only way to avert it, but as far as I can tell, the Venezuelan government is doing on a nationalist basis. Hopefully, it amounts to a better situation for the denizens of Essequibo.
“the production sharing agreement the Guyanese government signed with the Exxon Mobil consortium was so egregious that a former presidential adviser cautioned that the country was being “recolonised” — and without having to pay any of the externalities”
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/12/the-drums-of-war-are-growing-louder-in-south-america.html
