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Energy Expert Gabriella Hoffman: Venezuelan Oil and a Changing Western Hemisphere Energy Policy
Energy Expert Gabriella Hoffman: Venezuelan Oil and a Changing Western Hemisphere Energy Policy

With the capture of Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro, numerous policy matters are being developed. One factor is that Venezuela sits on the world’s largest oil reserves.

Energy policy expert Gabriella Hoffman joins us to discuss possible options as further policy conversations continue over the next few weeks and months on moving Venezuela toward post-Maduro-Chávez socialist rule.

Ms. Hoffman provides valuable insight into how the privatization of Venezuela’s oil would benefit the people of Venezuela, neutralize Russia’s and OPEC’s influence over the global oil sector, and potentially create a pathway for an energy partnership among Western Hemisphere countries.

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