Venezuela, Greenland and the return of spheres of influence

PDVSA is Venezuela's state oil company. Photo: Wikimedia.
PDVSA is Venezuela's state oil company. Photo: Wikimedia.
When United States forces seized President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, the political shock was immediate. The market reaction was not. Oil prices barely moved, investors stayed largely on the sidelines and attention quickly shifted from what had happened in Caracas to what it might reveal about how Washington now intends to wield power beyond its borders.
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