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U.S. Policy on Venezuela Formally Shifting Toward Regime Change
Oct 4, 2018 | 10:30 GMT
![A controlled flame burns behind a storage tank at an oil refinery complex in Venezuela.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/venezuela-us-oil-policy-change-display-gettyImages-1898913.jpg?itok=4mqxSOHd)
A controlled flame burns behind a storage tank at an oil complex in Paraguana, Venezuela. The South American country exports about 575,000 barrels of crude oil per day to U.S. Gulf Coast refiners.
(KIMBERLY WHITE/Getty Images)
Highlights
- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is considering a more aggressive approach toward Venezuela with a bill calling for human rights prosecutions and a major U.S. role in the country's recovery.
- The legislation would make the already unlikely prospect of negotiations between the Venezuelan and U.S. governments virtually impossible.
- Though support appears to be building in Washington for greater legislative action to address Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, direct U.S. military intervention remains extremely unlikely.
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