Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted that he wants to take the country's oil and give it to US corporations: "They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out, and we want it back". Ben Norton explains how Washington's colonial war seeks regime change.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjnaqfzO-Y

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0:00 Intro
0:36 Venezuela nationalized huge oil reserves
1:36 Trump claims US owns Venezuela's oil
2:32 (CLIP) Trump on Venezuela's oil
3:19 Trump's 1st coup attempt in Venezuela
4:32 (CLIP) Trump wanted to "take it over"
4:44 ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson
6:04 Stephen Miller: USA owns Venezuela's oil
7:23 Marco Rubio, warmonger
7:52 Naval blockade of Venezuela
8:33 Piracy: USA seizes oil tankers
9:14 Chevron allowed to pass siege
9:46 USA chokes off exports & imports
11:26 "Make the economy scream"
12:33 US coup attempts
13:00 US sanctions on Venezuela
14:24 Corporate media propaganda
16:49 UN experts: US sanctions are illegal
19:05 Imperial war of aggression
20:29 Outro