And so that's the sort of control the president is pointing to when he says that we continue with that quarantine. And We expect to see that there will be changes, not just in the way the oil industry is run for the benefit of the people, but also so that they stop the drug trafficking, so that we no longer have these gang problems, so that they kick the FARC and the ELN out, and that they no longer cozy up to Hezbollah and Iran in our own hemisphere. What you are talking about is more of a sanctions pressure, not boots on the ground. So just to be clear, there is no plan for U.S. occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people. (03:35–03:52)
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Asserts that the US expects changes in Venezuela's oil industry, drug trafficking, gang issues, and foreign alliances.
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