Since January 3, Venezuela has opened its natural resources to the United States. First it was oil. Crude extracted from Venezuelan wells has returned to what was for years its main customer, and Washington has reciprocated by granting the necessary licenses. Then, the Venezuelan parliament, led by Jorge Rodríguez, the brother of acting president Delcy Rodríguez, amended the hydrocarbons law, and a few days ago, the first contract with Shell was signed. The same pattern is now being repeated for mining operations.
Venezuelans will get fuck all from the deal, but they also got nothing before either. From zero to zero. At least they are not losing.
They are losing in the context of not being able to benefit from those resources themselves at a later point.
Ah yes, I’m sure there won’t be any exploitative employment at any of these operations.