Trump’s top adviser, who has been branded the most fervent hawk in the administration, has admitted that Washington is heavily invested in political outcomes in Caracas particularly because of Venezuela’s vast untapped oil reserves.

Indeed, it just so happens that Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves.

It will make a big difference to the United States economically if we could have American oil companies invest in and produce the oil capabilities in Venezuela.

Of course, Bolton also repeated the usual lines, claiming the US intervention in Venezuela’s domestic politics was about ousting an “authoritarian” leader and protecting democracy and human rights — but the comments about oil betrayed what many have suggested is the underlying reason and driving force behind the White House’s interference.

“I’m interested in Libya if we take the oil. If we don’t take the oil, no interest,”he told Fox in 2012 a month after the disastrous US-led NATO intervention which left Libya a failed state. “We’ll help you, but we want 50 percent of your oil,” he said of Libya in another interview. Trump has also advocated a “take the oil” policy for Iraq in the past.

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Last week, Trump recognized Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president, declared Maduro’s presidency “illegitimate” and called for regime change. The European Union, along with US allies in the Western Hemisphere quickly lined up to back Trump’s position, while Russia, China, Turkey and Venezuela’s allies in Latin America spoke out against the move.

Maduro’s government has accused the US of trying to engineer a “coup” and waging an “economic war” against it.

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NATO und Irak-Öl:

Angela Merkel, Peter Scholl-Latour und der Irakkrieg, die rd. 1,5 Millionen ungesühnten Toten – kein Schuldiger in Den Haag verurteilt…:   http://www.hart-brasilientexte.de/2013/03/21/schatzungsweise-15-millionen-iraker-sind-durch-den-krieg-ums-leben-gekommen-ippnw-2013/

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Der Irakkrieg und die Position der brasilianischen Bischofskonferenz CNBB. “Kriegsmotiv sind Ölreserven.” “O real motivo para a guerra são as reservas de petróleo do segundo maior produtor mundial.”

“Das wirkliche Motiv des Krieges sind die Ölreserven des zweitgrößten Produzenten der Welt.” (Brasilien ist größtes katholisches Land der Erde)

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NATO und Libyen-Öl:http://www.hart-brasilientexte.de/2011/02/25/gaddafi-und-lula-arabien-krise-bedroht-brasiliens-starke-exporte-in-die-region-hohe-handelsbilanzuberschusse/

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Katholischer Bischof Martinelli in Tripolis:

“In diesem Krieg gibt es nur ein Ziel: sich die besten Förderstellen zu sichern, Libyens Gas- und Ölvorräte auszubeuten. Alle überlegen sich, wie sie als Erste an die Energievorräte herankommen. Tut mir leid, dass ich das so unverblümt sagen muss, aber der Egoismus der beteiligten Länder ist unübersehbar.”(Deutschlandfunk)

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“Chavez: Unser bester Freund.” Das Ché-Guevara-Memorial in Santa Clara, Kuba.