/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

Delcy Rodríguez: “The revenue already being generated from oil sales will go to private banks for the foreign exchange market mechanism.” “Our concern is that foreign currency be a driver of the national economy.”

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>>2651280
Comprador

>>2651109
I didn't even know Greenland had a flag.

>Venezuela Moves to Resume Dollar Sales, Halting Bolivar Rout
Venezuela is preparing to resume sales of dollars, bringing relief to its battered currency after a US oil blockade riled the local foreign-exchange market.

Venezuela is preparing to resume sales of dollars, bringing relief to its battered currency after a US oil blockade riled the local foreign-exchange market.

Banks in Caracas contacted corporate clients this week to offer the first significant supply of dollars from the government since mid-December, according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly

The banks are collecting bids, though no funds had been disbursed as of Thursday, one of the people said.

The move follows the Trump administration’s authorization of two of the world’s largest commodities traders to sell Venezuelan oil. That revived hopes that some proceeds could reach the parched foreign-exchange market, helping stabilize the bolivar after weeks of gyrations.

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Speaking to a group of business representatives later on Friday, Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez said that the proceeds from oil sales will be sent through the central bank to private financial institutions to supply the foreign exchange market.

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“Our concern is that foreign currency should drive the national economy to guarantee Venezuela’s full productive capacity. Let’s not repeat the mistakes of the past,” she said.

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Alejandro Grisanti, a director at local consultancy Ecoanalitica, said the funds are coming from a trust set up in Qatar to receive oil-sale proceeds. The move helps stave off a potential extreme depreciation in the exchange rate, which “would have left us on the verge of a new hyperinflation,” he said.

The bolivar stabilized in parallel trading on Friday at below 500 per dollar, according to prices posted on crypto trading platforms.

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It had swung wildly since the US military began blocking oil exports, which dried up dollar supply and sapped the government of its principal source of foreign earnings.

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The situation worsened after the US captured Nicolas Maduro, with the bolivar weakening more than 20% to around 800 per dollar at one point, stoking fears of another currency crisis.

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In addition to authorizing some trading of Venezuelan oil, Trump met with oil companies to discuss potential investment in the nation’s energy industry. On Thursday, acting President Delcy Rodriguez presented a reform to the nation’s energy laws and announced the creation of two funds into which dollars from oil sales will be funneled

-BLOOMBERG

Venezuela has signed its first contract to export liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Friday.

“Today, for the first time in our history, a contract for the marketing of LPG, of gas, has been signed,” Rodríguez said from an event aired on State TV. “We are delivering on our promise to President Maduro and to our people.”

Venezuela produces LPG at its José refining complex in eastern Venezuela. Output has fallen in recent years because of disinvestment and frequent accidents, contributing to shortages that have hit households across the country.

Much of Venezuela's gas supply is associated gas, produced alongside oil. Some companies already operate projects to use that fuel, but most of it is currently flared.

Expanding gas exports would require political coordination with the US following the capture of Nicolas Maduro by President Donald Trump's administration.

The move comes as Rodríguez seeks to recast Venezuela as open for foreign investment, loosening long-held restrictions on the energy sector as her government adapts to a new political reality after Nicolas Maduro's ouster

-bloomberg


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>>2651102
>walk up to a woman
>can i buy you?
>sure!
how cons think dating works

>>2651109
Why is the Kingdom of Denmark even a country? It's just Norway.
>>2651295
Actually saying it is a faux pas and autistic. You are only supposed to talk about your career, vacations and hobbies at most, just so she gets an idea of your worth. She will see your car and apartment before deciding to sell or not.

New: The Trump administration is preparing to use private military contractors to protect oil & energy assets in Venezuela rather than deploying US troops, sources tell us, setting up a potential boon for security firms w/ experience in region & ties to POTUS.

Some familiar names already being floated … including former Blackwater founder Erik Prince

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/15/politics/trump-private-contractors-venezuela-oil

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>>2651302
Venezuelans should unironically pull a leaf out of the kulak book and just burn the oil rather than let burger requisition it.

This is Laura loomer big story on tucker Carlson. That his brother got a DUI in 1991 when he was 19 years old lol

>>2651309
only when the first US American army boot decides to set up a base.

>>2651311
that wouldn't have even been much of a scandal back then. george w bush also got a DUI.

>>2651318
True

Canada secured deals with China:
>Tariffs on canola seed drop to 15% from 76% on Mar. 1.
>Tariffs on canola meal and peas reduce to 0% from 100%
>Chinese tariffs on lobster and crab reduced to 0% from 25%.
>China drops visa requirement for Canadians.
China simply gets:
>Canada allows up to 49k Chinese-made electric vehicles to enter at 6.1% tariff rate.
ok, USAnians, how many of you are to travel to Canada to buy the best, cheapest, and high-performance electric cars there are on earth?
I know a couple of communists comrades leaving in electric cars in Canada that will be happy. very unhappy if USAnians hoard those 49k cars.

United states deputy attorney general who was also previously trumps personal attorney

Blanche: When mayor frey suggests that he is encouraging citizens to call 911 when they see ICE officers—that is very close to a federal crime.

Phillip: So, first of all, I should say what he just said is not actually what Frey said.

The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into elected Democrats in Minnesota, according to a senior law enforcement official familiar with the matter, a major escalation in the fight between the federal government and local officials over the aggressive immigration crackdown underway in the city.

The investigation would focus on allegations that Gov. Tim Walz and Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, had conspired to impede thousands of federal agents who have been sent to the city since last month. Last week, one of those agents killed a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/us/politics/tim-walz-jacob-frey-investigation-trump.html

>>2651329
this is against the Minnesota governor and Minneapolis Mayor.
hey, the imperialist boomerang with lawfare hitting back the democrats, lawl.

>>2651333
You are completely taking away any responsibility from the trump saying this is just him getting back at Democrats like trump did zero crimes. Neither frey or walz have done anything

>>2651316
The plan is to have local collaborators do most the leg work while having American "advisors" with their own private security to supervise it all. American military force will be mostly held back and only used if they step out of line and take out the advisors. This way most locals will only see and work with other locals.

>>2650982
absolute fucking degeneracy

>>2651334
>Neither frey or walz have done anything
They are middle managers of a state that uses violence to enforce the rule of capitalists. They prey on those below and are at the mercy of those above. Liberals might be willfully blind to the risks of such a position but leftists shouldn't be.

>>2651334
oh, of fucking course trumpedo is a sharty, and his flammable ass shouldn't be nearby this hot potato. yet, it occurs to me to revisit some things, let's see. since 2001 the term lawfare was coined by a US major general to describe
>the use of law as a weapon of war.
and in Latin America, most of left wing leaders and politicians have been targeted: Lula, Dilma Rousseff, Cristina Fernandez, Rafael Correa, Pedro Castillo, Evo Morales, lower level politicians like Jadue, Jorge Glass, etc. mostly with charges dropped because they had nothing to hide…
and the common thing they had: looking to form a stronger Latin America coalition. something that terrifies the US, on both side of the aisle. weird, huh?
in 40 years we will see that democrat CIA backed policies sowed division among these leaders through lawfare. and now it's biting back their arses.
good job, I'd say!

>>2651099
you are my hero

>>2651348
Okay, in this current situation they have not done a crime of any sort. Trump is simply angry at them for them. Impeding ice that's it. He would try this regardless of whatever Democrats did. Trump's administration is attempting to punish literally anyone who gets in their way

>>2651309
It's a well-known maneuver, e.g. the Soviets in retreat from Baku, Iraqis in Kuwait. The U.S. military/intelligence apparatus would be massively incompetent for the Venezuelans pull that off and do more than merely inconvenience the Americans.

>>2651356
bruh literally who cares this is just the natural fascist response to liberal they knew this was coming we knew it was coming there is nothing to discuss, liberals deserve it 100% of the time.

President Donald Trump has commuted the federal sentence of the son of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark.

James Phillip Womack was sentenced in federal court in May 2024 to eight years in prison for distributing more than 5 grams of methamphetamine.

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/jan/16/trump-commutes-prison-sentence-of-us-rep-steve/

>>2651356
>have not done a crime of any sort.
So what? Paper technicalities can't stand against the sword of the state. Liberals willfully ignore how state power actually works and obsess over the paper rules that can just be ignored by larger powers. Don't be a liberal.

>>2651334
he can't be held responsible because he is the head of state and has sovereign immunity. This isn't an opinion.

>>2651325
Carney may be a neolib cretin but at the very least he recognizes the importance of reducing our dependence on the Yankee devils. If only he would get us a nuclear deterrent.

Images buying this shit lol

>>2651379
made in china btw

Trump supporters btw

>>2651383
They are typically more mindless than this. They found some non-cultist ones.

Randy fine folks

LMAO

>>2651386
Jesus Christ they’re really going to start WWIII over Greenland

>>2651385
I'd love to see the best example of one of the most batshit insane ones.

https://p.dw.com/p/56yn9
<Latin America: US issues 'military activity' flight advisory
<The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a series of flight advisories on Friday, warning airlines to exercise caution in the airspace over Mexico, Central America and parts of South America due to potential "military activities."
<"The FAA issued flight advisory notices to Airmen for specified areas of Mexico, Central America, Panama, Bogota, Guayaquil and Mazatlan Oceanic Flight Regions, and in airspace within the eastern Pacific Ocean," an FAA spokesperson said, adding that the advisory is effective for 60 days beginning on Friday.
Monroe Doctrine is back

What was the point of Tucker visiting the white house? His videos have been staunchly against US becoming "too imperialist". Seems like they are doubling down now on Greenland.

>>2651383
"Palestine,Texas"
Reminded me "Paris,Texas"

>>2651394
The Arctic will gradually become more important as climate change gets worse.

>>2651403
Rightoids are liars. Any reactionary or conservative that claims to be opposed to imperialism or corporate power is lying to you. Simple as.

>>2651403
fell for it again award.

>>2651406
>>2651407
But what's the objective of making anti imperialist videos? Who does that help?

>>2651405
These people clearly know global warming is real so why the fuck do they tell everyone its not?

Sick of hearing about "anti-Semitism"?

Say hello to "Zionophobia."

"Zionophobia is simply irrational, obsessive resistance to the idea of Jewish self-rule anywhere in the Middle East," Judea Pearl tells Sam Harris.

President Donald Trump has once again pushed the limits of presidential clemency, this time by pardoning the same woman for two entirely separate criminal fraud cases, years apart, raising fresh questions about ethics, favoritism, and the collapse of accountability at the highest level of government. The White House confirmed Friday that Trump granted clemency to Adriana Camberos, erasing her 2024 federal fraud conviction despite the fact that Trump had already intervened once before to spare her from prison for a previous, unrelated fraud case during his first term.

https://sfl.media/trump-pardons-same-woman-twice-nullifying-separate-fraud-convictions/

President Trump has pardoned Puerto Rico's former governor, Wanda Vázquez Garced, who pleaded guilty last year in a federal public corruption case.

Her two co-defendants, the billionaire Venezuelan-Italian banker and Britannia Financial Group founder Julio Martin Herrera Velutini and Mark Rossini, were also pardoned Thursday for their crimes in the bribery scheme, according to Justice Department records.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardoning-puerto-rico-former-governor-wanda-vazquez-officials-say/