Edward Snowden 'leaves Hong Kong on Moscow flight'

[Benton D Struckcheon]

135. Yes I read them,

and I'm quite familiar with Venezuela's oil dependency. Ecuador, where Snowden is going, would still be the better choice even if Venezuela wasn't selling a drop to the US, because they're still entirely dependent on oil for their existence, and all of it has to move through the Caribbean because that's where Venezuela is. That makes applying pressure on them extremely easy. It's a dependent economy, and unfortunately for them, geographically vulnerable on top of that. Venezuela's politicians can't do anything about the latter (and you're dreaming if you think that canal would make any difference; do you really think the Chinese navy is going to take on the USN on its own turf? Seriously? Keeping in mind their first aircraft carrier is operational but hasn't really been used yet?) but they can about the former. But they do precisely nothing about it anyway.