Armed militias deployed in Venezuela as regime attempts to impose authority

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9. And he doesn't care how things pan out, as long as he gets a cut of whatever profit VZ gets from its oil.

Not so sure about thinking the colectivos are like ICE since they're not any official govt entity. They can be used to help their unknown funders only (they could be fossil fuel bosses who don't want competition from U.S. based fossil companies).

So far it doesn't look like the felon's got any fossil fuel entities in the states who like the situation there enough to bother building pumping or refineries and so set up new oil supply lines, so I'm guessing that Rodriguez is likely out to control how much the felon can get of any cut from Chevron and/or other rich companies that are already in Venezuela. I'd like to believe she'll also try to diversify other sectors of the economy to help Venezuelans have a reason to stay. Things are still pretty fluid, so all this is obviously just my opinion.