Trump-backed Venezuelan coup leader promises to give oil to US corporations

Trump-backed Venezuelan coup leader promises to give oil to US corporations

Author: Ben Norton October 14, 2025 Duration: 24:10
2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, a US government-funded far-right coup leader, vowed to privatize Venezuela's oil and give it to US corporations. "We are going to privatize all our industry", she told Donald Trump Jr. "American companies ... are going to make a lot of money", she promised. Ben Norton exposes the neocolonial US war on Venezuela. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E7pHmYUCMk Check out our related video on how Machado supports US and Israeli wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc Topics 0:00 (CLIP) "We are going to privatize all our industry" 0:54 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado 1:41 (CLIP) María Corina Machado supports Israel 2:07 Nobel "Peace" Prize for warmonger 2:28 Venezuela's oil & US coup attempts 3:31 (CLIP) Machado vows to sell off Venezuelan oil 3:46 Machado: Far-right opposition leader 4:23 Machado wants US invasion 5:19 CIA-linked NED funds Machado 6:00 Machado interview with Donald Trump Jr. 6:53 (CLIP) Donald Trump Jr. & Machado 8:23 Venezuela's Pinochet + Margaret Thatcher 8:46 (CLIP) US companies will "make a lot of money" 9:05 Selling their countries to USA: vendepatrias 9:23 Machado's meeting with George W Bush 9:59 Trump's war on Venezuela 11:04 (CLIP) Regime change plans 11:24 Targeting US empire's adversaries 11:56 (CLIP) Machado's US first foreign policy 12:12 Donald Trump 12:25 (CLIP) Machado praises Donald Trump 12:45 Trump's coup attempts 14:06 (CLIP) "Biggest opportunity" for regime change 14:34 Marco Rubio: chief coup-plotter 15:06 Targeting Cuba & Nicaragua as well 15:57 (CLIP) US officials supporting Machado 17:03 Rubio lied about Cuban parents 17:54 Miami, Florida: coup capital 18:24 Elon Musk 19:15 (CLIP) Musk gave Starlink to Venezuelan opposition 19:33 Starlink: tool of US imperialism 20:08 Bitcoin & Trump's corrupt crypto schemes 21:39 BlackRock: world's biggest Bitcoin holder 23:11 (CLIP) Machado loves Bitcoin 23:40 Machado: US coup puppet 23:57 Outro

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