The renewed dispute between ExxonMobil and Venezuela: The story of a long-standing feud
The Maduro government is accusing the oil company of lobbying to facilitate competitor Chevron’s departure from Venezuela, while also claiming multi-billion-dollar oil wells in Guyana as its own
When the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro deploys the classic leftist narrative about the existence of global corporations — tributaries of “imperialism” that exploit people’s resources — the verbal artillery is often reserved for a single oil company: ExxonMobil.
