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Venezuela Victory Part 2–Historically Transforming Latin America & What Happens Next

Published | Video Starts at 39:12

Even though they have proven reserves, their infrastructure has collapsed. The corruption of the communism, they're not producing what they could. And To be able to produce will take an investment of likely hundreds of billions of dollars. It's not a cheap proposition. Now, the oil that will be produced would generate more revenue than that. (39:12–39:19)

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Asserts that producing oil in Venezuela requires an investment of hundreds of billions of dollars.

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