Now, you don't have to imagine instability in Venezuela, right? In 2017. We had protests on the ground back in the early 2000s. The then government had to fire or ended up firing 18,000 people in the oil industry because there was a general strike. We have no idea. And certainly this president has no idea where this is going to go. He had no plan going in. But we are all along for the ride. (06:21–06:29)
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