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In reply to the discussion: Caracas Mayor Who Opposed Government Apparently Arrested [View all]Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)Two countries who the Ven government constantly bashes as the source of their misery but there is no way they could make up the food and other imports if they suspended trade. They import over 70% of the goods they need including food due to their overreliance on oil revenue and failed internal production policies. They must pay for these imports in dollars.
If the US were behind the destabilization efforts as the Ven government and the chavistas here claim, the US could simply suspend exports to Venezuela and/or ban imports of oil from Ven.
I think less severe actions the Obama administration could do in response to the auto-coup currently happening, release the names of the government officials who are under US sanctions now, and/or freezing assets and transfers of money to Venezuela from Ven companies operating in the US like CITGO and refineries.