Venezuela

Venezuela hit a seven-year export high in May 2026, shipping 1.25 million barrels per day — a 61% year-on-year surge. The comeback is being framed as a recovery story for state oil company PDVSA, but behind the record numbers lies not Venezuelan sovereignty — it's a Washington-engineered regime change and a deliberate transfer of control over oil flows to American and Western traders.

What This Story Is Really About

In a land where the majestic Andes meet the Caribbean Sea, where Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall, plunges from the sky onto the lost world of the tepuis, lies a country of striking contrasts: Venezuela. This land is blessed with the world's largest oil reserves but cursed by political turmoil that has transformed what was once a prosperous state into a stage for dramatic events.