CARACAS ¨C While the American military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, observers say tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a U.S. embargo continue to navigate the very same Caribbean waters undisturbed.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has claimed a massive U.S. military deployment within striking distance of his country was part of a plan to overthrow him and ¡°steal¡± his country¡¯s oil under the ruse of an anti-drug operation.
Has the perceived U.S. military threat affected crude exports from Venezuela, the country with more of the ¡°black gold¡± than any other?
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