Luis Martinez

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The President's Daily Brief · PDB Situation Report | January 17th, 2026: If the U.S. Hits Iran: A Fighter Pilot Breaks It Down & Venezuela at a Crossroads · 17 Jan 2026 podcast

It's a Western-oriented country with long ties to the United States.

homogenous group, same religion, 94% Catholic.

So I think this will be a good example and sort of like the Panamanian example of removing the dictator and facilitating a transition.

And Panama, what we saw was the fastest growing country in Latin America for over a decade.

And it's actually a beacon of hope when we look at what might be happening in Venezuela right now.

They're the ones that stuck it out and dealt with the terms that the regime was imposing on them.

We also know Reuters was reporting this week that three European oil companies, Repsol, Prom, and I forget the third one, are already asking US for licenses to operate in Venezuela.

And we had that meeting, President Trump, with the oil executives.

I think the only one who got reprimanded there was ExxonMobil,

for coming out and saying that there's no legal and security framework for large investments to come in.

And President Trump has also mentioned, we don't know the details because that's usually how he goes, about things that the US government would reimburse oil companies for their investments.

And I also think that most of the large oil companies in the US will see this as something they can't miss out on.

We're talking about the country with the largest oil

proven oil reserves in the world, and that it's clearly part of the national security strategy of the Trump administration.

And I find it hard to believe that that's going to change after 2028 when they see that the Venezuelan oil production has hopefully reached 50% higher than it is right now.

There's a lot of money to be made, and I think that's a good sign.

And I think that

Yes, President Trump is very crass about how he expresses himself, but at least for the Venezuelan people, it's exactly what we want to hear.

What we want to hear is large, multi-billion dollar investments in Venezuela that will bring back some sense of profit.

Jobs will actually encourage

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