Then later, in 2023, when the western world is severing their reliance on Russian oil and Venezeula is an obvious choice as a new supplier, Maduro declares he’s invading Guyana (their neighboring state with shitloads of oil). Just fucking torpedoes all attempts at improving things for his country.
TBF 2015 is when the US started sanctioning.
Also when oil prices fell off a cliff
Additionally, Venezuela’s economy went hyper-inflationary at that time too. With three to five digit inflation rates per year. Yes, they had multiple years with five digit inflation rates. Maduro thought this was a great time to print a whole bunch of money!
Then later, in 2023, when the western world is severing their reliance on Russian oil and Venezeula is an obvious choice as a new supplier, Maduro declares he’s invading Guyana (their neighboring state with shitloads of oil). Just fucking torpedoes all attempts at improving things for his country.