{"id":307604,"date":"2025-11-17T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=307604"},"modified":"2025-11-15T07:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:01:27","slug":"nobel-peace-laureate-maria-corina-machado-offers-to-sell-1-7-trillion-of-venezuelas-assets-to-us-corporations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/11\/nobel-peace-laureate-maria-corina-machado-offers-to-sell-1-7-trillion-of-venezuelas-assets-to-us-corporations\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Peace laureate Mar\u00eda Corina Machado Offers to Sell $1.7 Trillion of Venezuela\u2019s Assets to US Corporations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-1.7-trillion-privatize-venezuela-oil.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-307605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-1.7-trillion-privatize-venezuela-oil-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-1.7-trillion-privatize-venezuela-oil-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-1.7-trillion-privatize-venezuela-oil-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-1.7-trillion-privatize-venezuela-oil-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-1.7-trillion-privatize-venezuela-oil-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-1.7-trillion-privatize-venezuela-oil.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The far-right Venezuelan coup leader vowed \u201cmassive privatization.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>13 Nov 2025\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0Mar\u00eda Corina Machado is a far-right Venezuelan coup leader who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2025\/10\/13\/maria-corina-machado-israel-genocide-trump-war-venezuela\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">funded by the US government<\/a> since at least 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2025\/10\/20\/trump-cia-attack-venezuela-us-war\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Donald Trump administration is waging war on Venezuela<\/a>, and if it can succeed in overthrowing the leftist government of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, Machado would help to lead the new pro-US regime in Caracas.<\/p>\n<p>Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, despite the fact that she openly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QukbgnkuPVY\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">supports Trump\u2019s war on her country<\/a>. She has for years called for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">US military intervention<\/a> to violently topple President Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump and his powerful Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio can manage to put Machado in power, she has pledged to sell off her country\u2019s assets to US corporations.<\/p>\n<p>Machado proudly told a group of US corporate executives in Miami, Florida that she is planning a \u201cmassive privatization program\u201d, offering \u201ca $1.7 trillion opportunity\u201d to exploit Venezuela\u2019s oil, natural gas, infrastructure, gold, and other minerals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=x.com%2FBenjaminNorton&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1988937942933598578&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopoliticaleconomy.com%2F2025%2F11%2F13%2Fprivatization-maria-corina-machado-sell-trillion-venezuela%2F&amp;sessionId=3e9013b47f338226afcb36b9ceaa7f92a401cdae&amp;siteScreenName=GeopoliticaEcon&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1988937942933598578\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The far-right Venezuelan opposition leader made these remarks in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/rr_ns9pAZDo?si=InTylarWElQceLpS&amp;t=4002\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">virtual speech at the America Business Forum<\/a> on 5 November.<\/p>\n<p>Machado spoke before Donald Trump appeared on stage at the same event. She was interviewed by the Republican mayor of Miami, Florida, Francis Suarez, a loyal right-wing ally of Trump and Rubio. (He is also the son of Xavier Suarez, who previously served as Miami\u2019s mayor.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15335 lazy entered loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=880%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?w=1760&amp;ssl=1 1760w\" alt=\"america business forum 2025 miami florida donald trump\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15335\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=880%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/america-business-forum-2025-miami-florida-donald-trump.jpg?w=1760&amp;ssl=1 1760w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-15335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump speaks at the 2025 America Business Forum in Miami, Florida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a partial transcript of Machado\u2019s comments (all emphasis added):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>And this is amazing, super exciting for me: <strong>We will open Venezuela for foreign investment<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I am talking about a $1.7 trillion opportunity<\/strong>, not only in <strong>oil and gas<\/strong>, which is huge, and you know that there are opportunities, because we will open all, upstream, midstream, downstream, to all companies; but also in <strong>mining<\/strong>, in <strong>gold<\/strong>, in <strong>infrastructure<\/strong>, power.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We have, our grid right now has a 17 gigawatt opportunity of energy potential that needs to be rehabbed, certainly for technology and AI.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And tourism, you know, Venezuela has 2800km of pristine Caribbean coastline ready to be developed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So this is going to be huge. We will bring rule of law. <strong>We will open markets<\/strong>. We will have security for foreign investment, and a transparent, <strong>massive privatization program that is waiting for you<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_15334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15334 lazy entered loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=880%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?w=1760&amp;ssl=1 1760w\" alt=\"maria corina machado francis suarez miami mayor america business forum\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15334\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=880%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maria-corina-machado-francis-suarez-miami-mayor-america-business-forum.jpg?w=1760&amp;ssl=1 1760w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-15334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venezuelan coup leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado is interviewed by Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami, Florida, at the 2025 America Business Forum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This was not the first time that Machado had made this promise.<\/p>\n<p>Machado also spoke virtually at the <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/10\/27\/nobel-prize-winner-venezuela-1-7-trillion-privatization-machado-socialism-disaster\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fortune Global Forum<\/a> in Saudi Arabia in October, where she offered a \u201cbusiness opportunity, of more than $1.7 trillion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVenezuela will be the single biggest economic opportunity for decades to come in this region\u201d, vowed the US government-funded Venezuelan coup leader.<\/p>\n<p>Machado presented her ultra-right-wing economic program at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.as-coa.org\/watchlisten\/maria-corina-machados-trillion-dollar-plan-venezuelas-economic-transformation\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">event in June hosted by AS\/COA<\/a>, a corporate lobby group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.as-coa.org\/about\/coa-corporate-members\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">funded by a Who\u2019s Who of large US companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>US companies \u201care going to make a lot of money\u201d, promised Venezuelan coup leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/h3>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2025\/10\/16\/venezuela-maria-corina-machado-privatize-oil-us-corporations\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">interview with Donald Trump Jr.<\/a> in February, Machado again promised to sell off her country\u2019s assets to US corporations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to privatize all our industry\u201d, she said, stressing that US companies \u201care going to make a lot of money\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>These were her comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Forget about Saudi Arabia; forget about the Saudis. I mean, we have more oil, I mean, infinite potential.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And <strong>we\u2019re going to open markets. We\u2019re going to kick [out] the government from the oil sector. We\u2019re going to privatize all our industry.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Venezuela has huge resources: oil, gas, minerals, land, technology. And, as you said before, we have a strategic location, you know, hours from the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So we\u2019re going to do this right. We know what we have to do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And <strong>American companies are in<\/strong>, you know, <strong>a super strategic position to invest<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This country, Venezuela, is going to be the <strong>brightest opportunity for investment of American companies<\/strong>, of good people that <strong>are going to make a lot of money<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=x.com%2FBenjaminNorton&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1978107961986703613&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopoliticaleconomy.com%2F2025%2F11%2F13%2Fprivatization-maria-corina-machado-sell-trillion-venezuela%2F&amp;sessionId=3e9013b47f338226afcb36b9ceaa7f92a401cdae&amp;siteScreenName=GeopoliticaEcon&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1978107961986703613\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Mar\u00eda Corina Machado boasts that she is being supported by Marco Rubio and other US government officials<\/h3>\n<p>Machado has boasted of the fact that she and her coup-plotting movement in Venezuela are receiving support from numerous US government officials, including Marco Rubio, the second-most powerful person in the administration after Trump himself.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=71EB1dgvRwU\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">interview with Bloomberg reporter Mishal Husain<\/a> in October, Machado revealed, \u201cI have been in contact not only with several officials in the US government, but also in other countries \u2014 in Canada, in Latin America, in the Caribbean, and certainly Europe as well\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Husain asked if Machado has specifically been in touch with Rubio. The Venezuelan coup leader confirmed that she has.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been in touch with [Rubio], of course, and with his team\u201d, Machado divulged. \u201cAnd I have to say, even further in Congress, both aisles, you know, in both parties, we have really good friends and champions of our cause\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In her virtual remarks at the America Business Forum on 5 November, Machado also thanked more US government officials for supporting the coup attempt in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>This is what she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I\u2019m so grateful to the <strong>Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/strong>, that has been, you know, the champion of the cause of freedom and democracy in the Americas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I want to thank <strong>Governor DeSantis<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I want to thank my friend, <strong>Senator Rick Scott<\/strong>, that has always trusted us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And now <strong>Senator Ashley Moody<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And of course, I have to say, and I want to make a special mention to our three amigos, our three friends, [Congress members] <strong>Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar, Mario D\u00edaz-Balart, and Carlos Gim\u00e9nez<\/strong>, who have been so, so, so close, and always supporting us.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Machado likewise expressed gratitude to the Miami mayor, Francis Suarez, who was interviewing her at the America Business Forum, just two hours before Trump spoke at the same event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have been a great friend, Francis, of our cause. I am so grateful to you\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami mayor noted that he and Machado had a friendly conversation before the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spoke yesterday on the phone, and you invited me to a free Venezuela, and I look forward to that day, where I can go with my wife, who is in the audience, to visit you in the presidential palace, one day\u201d, Suarez said.<\/p>\n<p>This was a clear sign that US government officials hope to put Machado in power in Caracas. They are confident that the longtime US government-funded coup leader would obediently serve US interests in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Machado stressed that, if Trump and Rubio can help her overthrow Maduro, she would cut Venezuela\u2019s ties with China, Russia, and Iran, and their next plan would be to work with Washington to topple the leftist governments in Nicaragua and Cuba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ben-Norton-e1512138863110.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-102810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ben-Norton-e1512138863110.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><i>Benjamin Norton is an investigative journalist, analyst, writer and filmmaker. He is the founder and editor of <\/i>Multipolarista<i> and is based in Latin America.<\/i><i> <\/i><span lang=\"es-ES\"><i>His website: <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/BenNorton.com\/\" ><span lang=\"es-ES\"><i>BenNorton.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"es-ES\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><i> <\/i><em><span lang=\"es-ES\">(<\/span><\/em><em><span lang=\"es-ES\">Publicaciones<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaeconomica.com\/author\/benjamin-norton\/\" ><span lang=\"es-ES\"><i>en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><em><span lang=\"es-ES\">.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2025\/11\/13\/privatization-maria-corina-machado-sell-trillion-venezuela\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 geopoliticaleconomy.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 Nov 2025\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The far-right Venezuelan coup leader vowed \u201cmassive privatization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":307605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[867,1441,550,1126,1050,541,559,3715,3530,3695,1074,3324,1287,2137,70,557],"class_list":["post-307604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nobel-laureates","tag-anglo-america","tag-big-oil","tag-corruption","tag-hegemony","tag-imperialism","tag-latin-america-caribbean","tag-maduro","tag-maria-corina-machado","tag-military-capitalism","tag-monopoly-capitalism","tag-nobel-peace-prize","tag-north-america","tag-privatization","tag-south-america","tag-usa","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307610,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307604\/revisions\/307610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}