I got it, man. I not only work with it, in the area, but I had also worked with the bolivarian republic itself between 2007 and 2009. government international cooperation. I know exactly what waters means and all. I'm just saying maduro is not the answer. not only that: he gives them reason. blood/oil/lithium, perfect. but why can't they and maduro can? maduro is no different. venezuela is a narcostate. they kill and scare and control and hunt down their own people. poor people. and they also steal the oil and the petrodollars from their own people. while maduro and his friends live like kings. yes, it used to be different and Venezuela used to be prosperous once Chavez became president. but Chavez is dead, man. and as soon as he died, maduro and narcos turned it into an authoritorian narcostate where people means nothing. here, a great analysis by a leftist political scientist from Brazil: