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The reason why Venezuela is under attack U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson just said the truth out loud: the U.S. focus in Latin America isn’t “democracy” — it’s controlling oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals. Venezuela, with the largest oil reserves and key strategic resources, is the main target

The reason why Venezuela is under attack U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson just said the truth out loud: the U.S. focus in Latin America isn’t “democracy” — it’s controlling oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals. Venezuela, with the largest oil reserves and key strategic resources, is the main target

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4,360,984 views • 7 months ago

U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson just said the truth out loud: the U.S. focus in Latin America isn’t “democracy” — it’s controlling oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals. Venezuela, with the largest oil reserves and key strategic resources, is the main target

U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson just said the truth out loud: the U.S. focus in Latin America isn’t “democracy” — it’s controlling oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals. Venezuela, with the largest oil reserves and key strategic resources, is the main target

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The reason Trump went after Venezuela was laid bare in 2022 by General Laura Richardson, then chief of U.S. Southern Command. U.S. policy in Latin America isn’t about democracy -> it’s about seizing control of ✅oil ✅lithium ✅gold ✅rare earth minerals

The reason Trump went after Venezuela was laid bare in 2022 by General Laura Richardson, then chief of U.S. Southern Command. U.S. policy in Latin America isn’t about democracy -> it’s about seizing control of ✅oil ✅lithium ✅gold ✅rare earth minerals

Russian Market

53,124 views • 7 months ago

US General Laura Richardson reveals the Empire’s true motives in Venezuela In a recent address, the head of US Southern Command openly admitted what Washington usually hides behind the language of “democracy” and “human rights”: the U.S. seeks to control Latin America’s vast natural wealth — including oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals to fuel Western military & technological advancements. Richardson specifically highlighted Venezuela’s massive resource reserves, revealing the real reason behind decades of US regime change operations and sanctions meant to topple its government. It’s not about “defending freedom.” It’s about owning the world’s resources — from the Amazon to the Orinoco Belt — to sustain a collapsing empire. The empire has spoken.

US General Laura Richardson reveals the Empire’s true motives in Venezuela In a recent address, the head of US Southern Command openly admitted what Washington usually hides behind the language of “democracy” and “human rights”: the U.S. seeks to control Latin America’s vast natural wealth — including oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals to fuel Western military & technological advancements. Richardson specifically highlighted Venezuela’s massive resource reserves, revealing the real reason behind decades of US regime change operations and sanctions meant to topple its government. It’s not about “defending freedom.” It’s about owning the world’s resources — from the Amazon to the Orinoco Belt — to sustain a collapsing empire. The empire has spoken.

MintPress News

108,622 views • 9 months ago

U.S. ADMITS REAL MOTIVE IN VENEZUELA In a recent address, U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson said out loud what Washington has long denied: that its true concern in Latin America is not democracy or human rights, but control. Control over oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals, the raw materials that sustain Western militaries, industries, and empires. Richardson openly singled out Venezuela, a nation sitting on the planet's largest proven oil reserves and vast deposits of strategic minerals. For decades, Washington's policies of sanctions, coups, and economic warfare have been justified in the name of 'freedom' or 'democracy promotion'. But her remarks confirm what millions across the Global South already knew: this has always been about taking over markets, not liberation. From the jungles of the Amazon to the oil-rich Orinoco Belt, U.S. power operates like a 21st-century colonial enterprise, draining nations of their wealth while branding resistance as "dictatorship." The empire does not defend democracy; it defends access. And when a nation like Venezuela refuses to kneel, it becomes the next target in a long line of regime change projects stretching from Baghdad to Caracas. General Richardson did not make a mistake. She told the truth. The empire has spoken, and it is not peace it wants. It is possession. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report

U.S. ADMITS REAL MOTIVE IN VENEZUELA In a recent address, U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson said out loud what Washington has long denied: that its true concern in Latin America is not democracy or human rights, but control. Control over oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals, the raw materials that sustain Western militaries, industries, and empires. Richardson openly singled out Venezuela, a nation sitting on the planet's largest proven oil reserves and vast deposits of strategic minerals. For decades, Washington's policies of sanctions, coups, and economic warfare have been justified in the name of 'freedom' or 'democracy promotion'. But her remarks confirm what millions across the Global South already knew: this has always been about taking over markets, not liberation. From the jungles of the Amazon to the oil-rich Orinoco Belt, U.S. power operates like a 21st-century colonial enterprise, draining nations of their wealth while branding resistance as "dictatorship." The empire does not defend democracy; it defends access. And when a nation like Venezuela refuses to kneel, it becomes the next target in a long line of regime change projects stretching from Baghdad to Caracas. General Richardson did not make a mistake. She told the truth. The empire has spoken, and it is not peace it wants. It is possession. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report

Sovereign Media

270,204 views • 9 months ago

Reporte Ya In his message yesterday, Maduro said the U.S. goal is to seize Venezuela’s oil, gold, rare earth elements, and all its mineral wealth. He argued that Washington’s agenda is purely about controlling those resources.

Reporte Ya In his message yesterday, Maduro said the U.S. goal is to seize Venezuela’s oil, gold, rare earth elements, and all its mineral wealth. He argued that Washington’s agenda is purely about controlling those resources.

Drop Site

30,758 views • 7 months ago

This was JUST AIRED on 60 Minutes Rick Scott is saying “we are gonna take care of the southern hemisphere ( including Venezuela) and bring them democracy” Pretty funny given he and his party are systematically dismantling democracy in America Make no mistake .. this isn’t about delivering democracy 💰💰💰💰It’s about trump & co wanting to get their mitts on the natural abundance of oil and rare earth minerals

This was JUST AIRED on 60 Minutes Rick Scott is saying “we are gonna take care of the southern hemisphere ( including Venezuela) and bring them democracy” Pretty funny given he and his party are systematically dismantling democracy in America Make no mistake .. this isn’t about delivering democracy 💰💰💰💰It’s about trump & co wanting to get their mitts on the natural abundance of oil and rare earth minerals

CathyNotToday2 🌿

498,626 views • 9 months ago

Have you noticed a pattern in every country the U.S. is warmongering against? They are all rich in rare earth minerals. Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone editor-in-chief, explains how conflicts over rare earths are increasingly replacing those over oil.

Have you noticed a pattern in every country the U.S. is warmongering against? They are all rich in rare earth minerals. Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone editor-in-chief, explains how conflicts over rare earths are increasingly replacing those over oil.

Rick Sanchez

68,515 views • 9 months ago

AOC explains that walls don’t work and the U.S. is the reason why socialist countries in Latin America are poor

AOC explains that walls don’t work and the U.S. is the reason why socialist countries in Latin America are poor

End Wokeness

2,040,085 views • 2 years ago

Gen. Laura Richardson lists the Lithium Triangle in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, Venezuela’s gold and oil, Guyana’s crude, and 31% of the planet’s fresh water as “national security” interests. No mention of democracy, human rights, or self-determination, just minerals, hydrocarbons, and water. The subtext is clear: in Washington’s doctrine, resource sovereignty in the Global South is a “threat” if it is outside U.S. control. The job of SOUTHCOM is to secure those flows for U.S. markets, by diplomacy if possible, by coercion if necessary. When the commander of a combatant command openly recites your continent’s raw materials like a grocery list, she is not talking about aid; she is talking about leverage.

Gen. Laura Richardson lists the Lithium Triangle in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, Venezuela’s gold and oil, Guyana’s crude, and 31% of the planet’s fresh water as “national security” interests. No mention of democracy, human rights, or self-determination, just minerals, hydrocarbons, and water. The subtext is clear: in Washington’s doctrine, resource sovereignty in the Global South is a “threat” if it is outside U.S. control. The job of SOUTHCOM is to secure those flows for U.S. markets, by diplomacy if possible, by coercion if necessary. When the commander of a combatant command openly recites your continent’s raw materials like a grocery list, she is not talking about aid; she is talking about leverage.

Thomas Keith

462,201 views • 11 months ago

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷 China just ordered its companies to ignore U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil, days before the Xi-Trump summit and in direct defiance of Treasury warnings. Former CIA Analyst Larry Johnson says the era of U.S. financial bullying is over. China has weaned itself off the U.S. market while America still depends on China for pharmaceuticals, rare earth minerals, and critical military production materials. There is not a single thing the U.S. produces that China needs. The same cannot be said in reverse. SonofNewAmericanRevolution

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷 China just ordered its companies to ignore U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil, days before the Xi-Trump summit and in direct defiance of Treasury warnings. Former CIA Analyst Larry Johnson says the era of U.S. financial bullying is over. China has weaned itself off the U.S. market while America still depends on China for pharmaceuticals, rare earth minerals, and critical military production materials. There is not a single thing the U.S. produces that China needs. The same cannot be said in reverse. SonofNewAmericanRevolution

Mario Nawfal

84,794 views • 3 months ago

U.S. Southern Command said on Wednesday that the U.S. "apprehended a stateless, sanctioned dark fleet motor tanker" called the Sophia in a "pre-dawn action" in the Caribbean. The vessel, it said, was conducting illicit activities and operating in international waters. Two U.S. officials told CBS News the Sophia was flying a Cameroonian flag and left Venezuela with oil on board. The U.S. judged it to be in violation of its embargo on Venezuela. The U.S. has full control of the vessel and no U.S. personnel were injured in the operation, the officials said. The U.S. Coast Guard was escorting it to the U.S. "for final disposition," according to U.S. Southern Command. Earlier Wednesday, the U.S. military also intercepted a Russian-flagged tanker that had been evading American forces for weeks, escalating a confrontation with Moscow after the ouster of its ally, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.

U.S. Southern Command said on Wednesday that the U.S. "apprehended a stateless, sanctioned dark fleet motor tanker" called the Sophia in a "pre-dawn action" in the Caribbean. The vessel, it said, was conducting illicit activities and operating in international waters. Two U.S. officials told CBS News the Sophia was flying a Cameroonian flag and left Venezuela with oil on board. The U.S. judged it to be in violation of its embargo on Venezuela. The U.S. has full control of the vessel and no U.S. personnel were injured in the operation, the officials said. The U.S. Coast Guard was escorting it to the U.S. "for final disposition," according to U.S. Southern Command. Earlier Wednesday, the U.S. military also intercepted a Russian-flagged tanker that had been evading American forces for weeks, escalating a confrontation with Moscow after the ouster of its ally, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.

CBS News

19,279 views • 7 months ago

The U.S. just seized a Venezuelan oil tanker headed to Cuba, an act of 21st-century piracy. No, this isn’t about drugs. It’s about regime change and provoking a war in Latin America. Americans don’t want this. 70% oppose intervention in Venezuela. Cuba needs oil, not blockades. Venezuela needs peace, not warships. Hands off Venezuela. Hands off Cuba.

The U.S. just seized a Venezuelan oil tanker headed to Cuba, an act of 21st-century piracy. No, this isn’t about drugs. It’s about regime change and provoking a war in Latin America. Americans don’t want this. 70% oppose intervention in Venezuela. Cuba needs oil, not blockades. Venezuela needs peace, not warships. Hands off Venezuela. Hands off Cuba.

Medea Benjamin

69,801 views • 7 months ago

“The days of America doing this at taxpayer expense are over.” Bernie Moreno backs President Trump’s Venezuela oil move, saying the U.S. deserves reimbursement for the cost of freeing the country — and argues the left is panicking because stability in Latin America disrupts illegal migration and drug flows.

“The days of America doing this at taxpayer expense are over.” Bernie Moreno backs President Trump’s Venezuela oil move, saying the U.S. deserves reimbursement for the cost of freeing the country — and argues the left is panicking because stability in Latin America disrupts illegal migration and drug flows.

Laura Ingraham

62,092 views • 7 months ago

This should shock the world. The Trump administration just crossed a dangerous line, kidnapping Venezuela’s president, declaring the U.S. will “run” the country, and threatening more attacks and troops on the ground. This isn’t about drugs. It’s about oil, power, and empire. U.S. interventions bring devastation, not peace. Contact Congress now and demand they invoke the War Powers Resolution to stop this illegal war: CODEPINK stands with the people of Venezuela and all of Latin America. Hands Off Venezuela. Hands Off Latin America.

This should shock the world. The Trump administration just crossed a dangerous line, kidnapping Venezuela’s president, declaring the U.S. will “run” the country, and threatening more attacks and troops on the ground. This isn’t about drugs. It’s about oil, power, and empire. U.S. interventions bring devastation, not peace. Contact Congress now and demand they invoke the War Powers Resolution to stop this illegal war: CODEPINK stands with the people of Venezuela and all of Latin America. Hands Off Venezuela. Hands Off Latin America.

Medea Benjamin

76,866 views • 7 months ago

🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪🇨🇳 CHINA ACCUSES U.S. OF STEALING ITS OIL AFTER TRUMP DIVERTS VENEZUELAN CRUDE TO AMERICA China is livid, and they’re not hiding it. After Trump announced the U.S. will refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil previously frozen under sanctions, Beijing fired back, calling the move a blatant power grab and a direct hit on their interests. Why? Because that oil wasn’t just sitting there, China had already paid for a big chunk of it, through loan-for-oil deals and state-backed agreements with Maduro’s regime. Trump’s plan? Ignore all that, break the blockade, grab the barrels, and reroute them to U.S. refineries. The pitch: American energy security, because the U.S. is in charge now. This is also about who gets to call the shots in Venezuela post-Maduro, and right now, Beijing just got boxed out while Washington takes over the chessboard. It’s a high-stakes geopolitical standoff over energy, influence, and who controls Latin America’s future. China just lost billions in oil access, but the U.S. just cashed in. Source: Reuters

🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪🇨🇳 CHINA ACCUSES U.S. OF STEALING ITS OIL AFTER TRUMP DIVERTS VENEZUELAN CRUDE TO AMERICA China is livid, and they’re not hiding it. After Trump announced the U.S. will refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil previously frozen under sanctions, Beijing fired back, calling the move a blatant power grab and a direct hit on their interests. Why? Because that oil wasn’t just sitting there, China had already paid for a big chunk of it, through loan-for-oil deals and state-backed agreements with Maduro’s regime. Trump’s plan? Ignore all that, break the blockade, grab the barrels, and reroute them to U.S. refineries. The pitch: American energy security, because the U.S. is in charge now. This is also about who gets to call the shots in Venezuela post-Maduro, and right now, Beijing just got boxed out while Washington takes over the chessboard. It’s a high-stakes geopolitical standoff over energy, influence, and who controls Latin America’s future. China just lost billions in oil access, but the U.S. just cashed in. Source: Reuters

Mario Nawfal

2,227,348 views • 7 months ago

A top U.S. official just said the quiet part out loud — and RESIGNED over the war on Iran. Trump’s own counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, breaks ranks: Iran is NOT a threat. America is fighting a war for Israel. Coming from a career soldier, this kind of early admission is rare. Trump’s response? “It’s a good thing he’s out.” The American public is being sold a lie — and the cost will be paid in blood.

A top U.S. official just said the quiet part out loud — and RESIGNED over the war on Iran. Trump’s own counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, breaks ranks: Iran is NOT a threat. America is fighting a war for Israel. Coming from a career soldier, this kind of early admission is rare. Trump’s response? “It’s a good thing he’s out.” The American public is being sold a lie — and the cost will be paid in blood.

Rick Sanchez

109,539 views • 4 months ago

🚨 WOW! Oil and gas companies are SURGING in Venezuela thanks to President Trump - 3 independent oil and gas companies just signed deals with Venezuela - HUGE mining deal for coal - HUGE mining deal for GOLD Trump actually fixed Venezuela! 🇺🇸🇻🇪 "All of these are showing the tremendous progress, in just a short period of time, between the U.S. and Venezuela."

🚨 WOW! Oil and gas companies are SURGING in Venezuela thanks to President Trump - 3 independent oil and gas companies just signed deals with Venezuela - HUGE mining deal for coal - HUGE mining deal for GOLD Trump actually fixed Venezuela! 🇺🇸🇻🇪 "All of these are showing the tremendous progress, in just a short period of time, between the U.S. and Venezuela."

Eric Daugherty

86,971 views • 3 months ago

🚨War in Venezuela? Peace in Ukraine? Scott Ritter joins #NewRulesPodcast to discuss the geopolitical firestorm happening right now. Will the U.S. Attack Venezuela? How long can Ukraine’s economy freefall last? Is Trump just bluffing or is the US intervention coming? Check out the fresh New Rules episode ✅ 00:00 Why U.S. Threats to Venezuela Aren’t Serious 07:12 Venezuela: Trump’s Greatest Foreign Policy Test 10:17 Inside CIA’s Strategy for Venezuela 16:30 Why Venezuela Could Be a U.S. Nightmare 25:08 U.S. Relations with Latin America After Venezuela 28:24 U.S. Involvement in Ukraine: A New Cold War 32:56 Ukraine’s Last Stand: How Long Can They Hold? 39:13 Why Ukraine’s Collapse is Inevitable 43:40 Ukraine’s Economic Freefall 50:32 Russia’s Strategic Patience: The Key to Victory

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142,261 views • 8 months ago