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The U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro and has charged him with drug trafficking, projecting it as a war on narcotics.

But Venezuela’s real friction with Washington began much earlier, under Hugo Chávez, who openly challenged U.S. economic dominance.
Chávez criticised the dollar-based oil trade and pushed Venezuela to sell oil increasingly to China and Russia through non-U.S. financial channels.

After him, Maduro expanded oil-for-loan deals and explored settling oil trade outside the U.S. dollar system to bypass sanctions.
Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves, making any move away from dollar pricing strategically dangerous for U.S. interests.

The petrodollar system depends on major oil producers sticking to the dollar.
Seen this way, U.S. action toward Venezuela fits a long-standing pattern of protecting financial and security interests, not just fighting drugs.

Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro deepened strategic ties with China, Russia, and Iran, with China lending and investing over $60 billion mainly through oil-backed loans, and Russia investing around $17 billion, largely in Venezuela’s oil and energy sector.

Now the world is watching Venezuela — whether peace will return, whether people will finally get a truly democratic leader, and how the U.S. will act next. What do you think will happen?

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