US crude inventories drop sharply, driving oil prices up amid supply concerns, with WTI rising 0.9% to $69.65 per barrel
#YonhapInfomax #CrudeInventories #OilPrices #WTI #SupplyConcerns #VenezuelaSanctions #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=55799

> ... exit polling is illegal in Venezuela, because it can — it has the effect of altering votes. And also, a lot of the polling results that were used in the U.S. media, the polling predictions that were used in the U.S. media were discredited by #VenezuelAnalysis, a trusted news source in Venezuela, that has also been critical of the Maduro government...
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/5/venezuela_maduro_gonzalez_election_crisis
#VenezuelaSanctions #VenezuelaElections 🧵

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> Washington['s].. policy of intense sanctions .. under President Donald Trump and.. continued by President Joe Biden ... to pressure the general population to force Maduro out of office. That aim has.. not been achieved, though it.. devastated the nation’s economy, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of Venezuelans and forcing millions more to flee — fueling the migration crisis at the U.S. border in the process.
https://theintercept.com/2024/08/02/venezuela-election-maduro-us-sanctions-democracy/
#VenezuelaSanctions #SanctionsOutMigration 🧵

🧵 > ... the long history of Communist countries’ use of food as a weapon, the Venezuelan regime’s manipulation of the food supply comes as no surprise, either. Most Venezuelans—80 percent according to a recent survey—now rely on boxes of food, containing staples such as rice, grain, or oil, from the government.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/venezuelas-suffering-shows-where-illiberalism-leads/606988/

#AnneApplebaum #VuelvenCaras ? #VenezuelaSanctions ?

The US announces a reimposition of oil sanctions on Venezuela, citing election concerns and Maduro's unmet commitments.

A 45-day wind-down period for businesses is set as the Treasury Department ends a license easing previous sanctions.

#VenezuelaSanctions #USPolicy #OilSanctions #BidenAdministration