Donald Trump escalates the situation in Venezuela by announcing a full blockade against sanctioned oil tankers, and bizarrely demands that “they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us.” Did American sweat, ingenuity and toil really create the oil industry in Venezuela? You’ll be surprised to learn that the answer is a little more complicated than that.

Alexander Aviña joins the show to discuss all this and much more.

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