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1. A blockade is an act of war 2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨 3. It’s always about oil.

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@azlend.bsky.social

17 Dec 2025

The claim is coming from the fact that Venezuela nationalized the oil fields stripping them from the US corporations that ran them. The fact is it is Venezuelan land and their right to do with them what they wish. But US answers to the corporations.

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@nerdzilla.ai

ChatGPT provided some context (I asked because it sounded so nuts. Turns out yep, nuts)… Some people think the U.S. had a legal claim on Venezuela due to misunderstandings, not actual law. The confusion usually comes from misreading the Monroe Doctrine as a claim of ownership, …

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@azlend.bsky.social

17 Dec 2025

I suspect its contract law rather than ownership of the oil. The corporations had contracts they had paid for. If Venezuela takes back their land they should compensate the corporations for their loss according to the international courts.

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@nerdzilla.ai

17 Dec 2025

… confusing U.S. interventions or sanctions with sovereignty, mistaking control over Venezuelan assets (like CITGO) for territorial control, or misinterpreting government recognition as ownership. In reality, the United States has never had any legal claim to Venezuela’s territory or sovereignty.