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#NEWS OF THE DAY:

#MI6 CHIEF WARNS ABOUT #RUSSIAN SABOTAGE: The UK’s new MI6 Chief warned about Russia’s strategy to destabilize the West in her first public appearance since taking on the position. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/russia-putin-ukraine-war-b2897569.html

The Independent

Russia’s shadow war with us is just starting – be ready for trouble

The head of MI6 has warned that for Russia ‘the front line is everywhere’. We need to wake up to the dangers of a new wave of clandestine attacks, writes Chris Blackhurst

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 16 hours ago

CARACAS, #Venezuela – José Bodas says you could blindfold him, place him anywhere inside the Puerto La Cruz oil refinery, and he’d know exactly where he was.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 16 hours ago

Workers like José have kept Venezuela’s #oil industry alive, an industry based on what makes up about a fifth of the world’s crude oil reserves.

José was asleep on January 3 when his phone rang at around 3 a.m. It was a friend, informing him that the U.S. had struck #Caracas.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 16 hours ago

#Trump framed the offshore strikes and rising tensions as a fight against drug trafficking and criminal networks. But he has since claimed the right to seize oil – and its revenues – from the Venezuelan government.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 16 hours ago

There are major geopolitical implications, including for #Ukraine. Russia’s close ties to #Venezuela – and its dependence on oil revenues to fund its war effort – means that Russia will suffer from the latest changes.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 16 hours ago

The U.S. has seized at least five oil tankers from the region, one of which was Russian-flagged, since the beginning of December. Last year, most Venezuelan crude oil went to #China, while #Cuba, #Iran and Russia all received imports, too.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 16 hours ago

To understand the human cost of a collapsing oil industry, and the fight for a free Venezuela, read the full story via the link.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/inside-venezuelas-oil-refineries

Inside Venezuela’s oil refineries

With eyes on Venezuela and its oil reserves, a veteran refinery worker reflects the human cost of black gold; on labor rights, repression, and foreign intervention.

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