Reply To: Venezuela
Scare-mongering
“Hezbollah is active in Venezuela, the US secretary of state has said, as the Trump administration ratchets up pressure on the Latin American nation amid a crippling political and economic crisis.
“People don’t recognise that Hezbollah has active cells” in the country, Mike Pompeo told Fox Business. “The Iranians are impacting the people of Venezuela and throughout South America. We have an obligation to take down that risk for America.”
Meanwhile, Guaido signalled that if he gains power he will open up Venezuela’s huge oil wealth to foreign investment.
Outside private companies could gain a greater stake in joint ventures with the country’s state-run oil company, his envoy to the US said.