Ep 19: Venezuela and the curse of oil

Is it a curse to be a rich country? Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserve, yet its people face seemingly endless economic depression.

How did this contradiction happen?

Join Triploi as we explore Venezuela's journey from Spanish colony to the Bolivarian revolution, to the discovery of the world’s largest oil reserve, to economic collapse, and now imminent war with the United States.

This is the story of a nation caught between the ghost of Simón Bolívar's dream and the enduring reality of living next door to world’s most aggressive and violent superpower.

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References and reading list:

Eduardo Galeano - Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (1971)

Greg Grandin - Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism (2006)

Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007)