The Long Arc Memo
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Cutting through the noise to talk about what matters.
What matters next: who controls security forces and who controls oil revenues and sanctions.
Without those answers— as a starting point— we will have to wade through a lot of noise before we can fully process what it all means.
In the meantime, here’s the AP story: apnews.com/article/ca71...
Without those answers— as a starting point— we will have to wade through a lot of noise before we can fully process what it all means.
In the meantime, here’s the AP story: apnews.com/article/ca71...
US plans to 'run' Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro
President Donald Trump says the United States will run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations in the aftermath of an audacious military operation that pl...
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
What matters next: who controls security forces and who controls oil revenues and sanctions.
Without those answers— as a starting point— we will have to wade through a lot of noise before we can fully process what it all means.
In the meantime, here’s the AP story: apnews.com/article/ca71...
Without those answers— as a starting point— we will have to wade through a lot of noise before we can fully process what it all means.
In the meantime, here’s the AP story: apnews.com/article/ca71...
The President says the United States will run #Venezuela until a transition.
Translation needed: occupation, trusteeship, or oil-first management?
He is not committing to María Corina Machado or Edmundo González Urrutia (the opposition says he won 2024).
It feels like nation-building.
Translation needed: occupation, trusteeship, or oil-first management?
He is not committing to María Corina Machado or Edmundo González Urrutia (the opposition says he won 2024).
It feels like nation-building.
January 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
The President says the United States will run #Venezuela until a transition.
Translation needed: occupation, trusteeship, or oil-first management?
He is not committing to María Corina Machado or Edmundo González Urrutia (the opposition says he won 2024).
It feels like nation-building.
Translation needed: occupation, trusteeship, or oil-first management?
He is not committing to María Corina Machado or Edmundo González Urrutia (the opposition says he won 2024).
It feels like nation-building.