Venezuela’s Energy Sovereignty at Risk Amid U.S. Naval Posturing: A Closer Look

In a tense geopolitical standoff that reverberates far beyond Caracas, Venezuela’s executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez sounded a clarion call to the nation’s oil workers: "The enemy does not rest." This urgent appeal came amid a significant U.S. aeronaval deployment in the Caribbean Sea — an operation justified by Washington as part of its fight against narcotrafficking but perceived by Venezuela as an aggressive maneuver aimed at seizing control of its vast energy resources. Rodríguez’s message is clear and uncompromising: Venezuela will defend its oil sovereignty at all costs. Speaking from Petrocedeño’s heavy oil processing facilities in Anzoátegui state, she...