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Prof Triggernometry
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Cuba has endured six straight years of recession, and now the Venezuelan oil spigot is effectively shut off. That makes collapse a matter of timing, not speculation. The United States now controls access to Venezuela’s oil market, which raises an obvious question: where exactly is Cuba supposed to get its energy, and what concessions will Havana have to make to persuade Trump to allow any at all?
Trump has systematically pushed both Russia and China out of Venezuela and cut off their privileged access to its oil. The knock-on effects are already visible. Without Venezuelan crude to ship home, China’s strategic rationale for exerting influence over Panama and the canal weakens dramatically. Once that leverage disappears, their presence there is likely to unravel as well.
Trump has systematically pushed both Russia and China out of Venezuela and cut off their privileged access to its oil. The knock-on effects are already visible. Without Venezuelan crude to ship home, China’s strategic rationale for exerting influence over Panama and the canal weakens dramatically. Once that leverage disappears, their presence there is likely to unravel as well.
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