🇪🇨 Trade War in Venezuela?... Or Just Blackmail?
🇺🇸 EUA vs China 🇨🇳
The growing tension surrounding Venezuela has raised an uncomfortable question on the global stage:
Is the country becoming a new front in the trade war between the United States and China, or are we witnessing something closer to geopolitical blackmail disguised as economic policy?
At the center of the dispute lies oil. Venezuela holds the largest proven oil reserves in the world, and for years China and Russia have been among its main commercial and strategic partners.
Recent actions and statements from Washington, however, suggest an attempt to restrict or redirect this flow, particularly oil destined for China.
Oil, Sanctions and Strategic Pressure
According to international reports, U.S. authorities have signaled that countries continuing to purchase Venezuelan oil could face tariffs, sanctions, or commercial retaliation.
China publicly rejected these demands, calling them a form of “bullying” and a violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty.
From Beijing’s perspective, trade relations with Venezuela are legal, bilateral and protected under international norms.
Any attempt by a third party to impose exclusivity or restrictions is viewed as coercion rather than fair trade.
The Debt Factor: Can China Pressure the U.S.?
A recurring argument in public debates is the idea that China could retaliate financially, given its large holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds.
While China is indeed one of the largest foreign holders of American debt, with holdings around US$750 billion, this represents only a small fraction of total U.S. debt.
More importantly, U.S. Treasury bonds are governed by fixed maturities and international financial rules.
China cannot simply demand immediate repayment without causing damage to its own reserves, currency stability and export competitiveness.
Moral Narratives and Selective Outrage
Beyond economics, the discourse surrounding Venezuela often includes moral justifications such as drug trafficking and organized crime.
While these issues are real in many parts of the world, critics point out the selective use of such narratives.
The debate becomes more complex when considering controversial political decisions in the United States itself, including presidential pardons and long-standing scandals involving powerful elites.
These factors do not invalidate concerns about crime, but they do raise questions about consistency and credibility in international rhetoric.
A weak man, frightened by his playboy past, excesses, lies, and failures that harmed many, abandoning citizens to their own fate in his country, a denier who attempted a coup even before the condemned "Jair Bolsonaro" in Brazil.
This is the erratic scenario of this Dantean epic, of a small leader wanting to impose himself on the powerful, with actions devoid of sense, respect, or logic.
Dictatorships begin like this, then worsen, killing and torturing their own citizens.
A thought attributed to "Abraham Lincoln" elucidates the metamorphosis of this subspecies of humanity:
- You can fool some of the people some of the time;
- You can fool many of the people all of the time;
- But you cannot fool all of the people all of the time!
Conclusion
What is unfolding in Venezuela appears to go far beyond a simple trade dispute.
It reflects a broader struggle over energy security, monetary influence, geopolitical alignment and the limits of economic pressure in a multipolar world.
Whether this situation is best described as a trade war or as political blackmail depends largely on perspective, but the consequences will be global.
The greatest risk to the planet today is not deforestation or global warming, but rather the vanity of world leaders with inflated egos.
Just by possessing military power and nuclear warheads, driven by mere whims, financial greed, and the pursuit of power, they can decimate all life on the planet in a cascading effect.
And there will be no rescue, only methodical observation and recording of our end.
Yes... The End.
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