BPC/PUC-Rio researcher and IRI/PUC-Rio professor, Carlos Frederico Coelho, gave an interview to the newspaper O Globo

BPC/PUC-Rio researcher and IRI/PUC-Rio professor, Carlos Frederico Coelho, gave an interview to the newspaper O Globo in Míriam Leitão’s column: “Trump’s interest goes beyond oil.”

The expert explains that Venezuela’s economic indicators are extremely negative, with out-of-control inflation and an accumulated drop in GDP of around 70% over the last decade. Furthermore, he emphasizes that American aggression redefines the status of Venezuelan oil, which is now treated as a strategic reserve of the United States.