‘It’s Not Paranoia, It’s Oil’: Hugo Chávez Warned of U.S. Plot to Control Venezuela’s Resources (2009)
December 17, 2025
“IT’S NOT PARANOIA. IT’S OIL.”
In 2009, Hugo Chávez called it out plainly:
The U.S. wasn’t targeting Venezuela because of democracy.
It was targeting Venezuela because of oil.
Regime change doesn’t happen in poor countries.
It happens in resource-rich ones that refuse to submit.
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