Venezuela is often reduced to a single statistic: the world’s largest oil reserves.

That headline number conceals a far more complex reality.

Venezuelan oil cannot simply “return” to global markets overnight. We need more than that.

Let's analyze 🧵

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Venezuela’s oil is among the most technically challenging, capital-intensive, and institutionally demanding resources on Earth.

Years of socialism, corruption, and state collapse transformed immense geological wealth into a totally wasted opportunity.

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President Trump is reinforcing the "Monroe Doctrine" in the Americas.

The assertion that the U.S. must safeguard the continent against any external interference.

Whether in Venezuela, Panama or Brazil, the Monroe Doctrine is the central pillar of Trump's foreign policy.

🧵 Originally articulated in December 1823 by President James Monroe, this doctrine emerged as a strategic response to European powers such as France and Russia aiming to extend their political systems into the Americas.

Communism has killed 100 million people throughout history.

Billions have been victims of starvation, forced exile and imprisonment.

Today I am in Berlin to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

It is a good day to speak about its significance🧵 The Berlin Wall is perhaps the most visible manifestation of communism's inevitable conclusion:

The need to apply brutal force against its people, denying its most basic freedoms.

If communism is so good, why do they have to force its people to stay?

Venezuela is in desperate need of economic growth.

Eight out of every ten Venezuelans live in poverty, with half of our people in extreme poverty.

But can our economy really grow at a 10% rate, as some reports have suggested?

Let’s analyze🧵: For most countries, a ten percent growth rate would be impossible to achieve.

However, since 2013, the collapse of the Venezuelan economy has been unprecedented.

We have lost over 70% of our GDP.

By pure math, a rapid bounce back is not unrealistic. We are at the bottom.

"Venezuela: A land of opportunity, for everything and for everyone."

This is a quote from @UBS recent memo about the investment potential of a Venezuela post Maduro.

The bank estimates a 10 percent annual GDP growth with $10 billion in annual investments

Let's analyze🧵 More Oil than Saudi Arabia:

“How much oil does Venezuela have? A lot … the country's oil reserves are around 300 billion barrels, a figure that surpasses that of Saudi Arabia.”