The reported #U.S . military action in Venezuela and the detention of President Nicolás Maduro should not be viewed through the familiar lens of democracy promotion or human rights. This is, at its core, a geostrategic struggle over energy dominance, trade routes, and influence in Latin America 🌍.
🇻🇪 Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves — roughly 303 billion barrels, even more than Saudi Arabia. Control or influence over these reserves would have massive consequences for global energy markets and financial power structures.
💵 If the U.S. were to reassert control over Venezuelan oil exports, it could enable a modern revival of the petrodollar system — similar to the 1970s U.S.–Saudi arrangement. Under such a framework:
Venezuelan oil would be sold primarily in U.S. dollars
Global dollar demand would surge
Oil revenues could be recycled into U.S. Treasury assets
📈 This would significantly strengthen the dollar at a time when de-dollarization efforts are accelerating across BRICS nations and the Global South.
🔗 The reality is simple but uncomfortable:
Energy flows shape monetary power.
And monetary power shapes global order.
⚠️ Venezuela is not a moral crusade — it’s a strategic chess move.
🛢️ Energy supremacy and dollar supremacy remain deeply intertwined.
