The trade activities through these ports are shown by this OEC reports:
Venezuela
ECI (Trade)
99th
Out of 132 (ECI: -0.83, 2023)
ECI (Technology)
91st
Out of 96 (ECI: -1.51, 2021)
ECI (Research)
108th
Out of 137 (ECI: -0.76, 2023)
Product Exports
$7.63B
Ranking 114 / 226 (2023)
Product Imports
$9.98B
Ranking 117 / 226 (2023)
Exports Per Capita
$269
Ranking 171 / 209 (2023)
Imports Per Capita
$353
Ranking 180 / 209 (2023)
Exports Growth
54.9%
$2.7B (2022-2023)
About
Overview
In 2023, Venezuela was the number 114 (out of 226) in total exports.
In 2023, Venezuela was the number 99 (out of 132) most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (Trade, 2023), the number 91 (out of 96) most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (Technology, 2021), the number 108 (out of 137) most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (Research, 2023).
Just as Russia seized Crimea then blockaded the Black Sea to prevent vital trade activities for Ukraine, so the US is threatening the Venezuelan people in a similar way.
Russia wants Ukraine to bend to a return to being a part of what was the Soviet Union. Then Russia would command its assets, just as it recently regained control of Georgia which also has ports on the Black Sea. Maritime routes are key.
The US regime wants control over Venezuelan resources and be subject to US control.
The playbook:
Example GEORGIA:
worldatlas.com
Strategically, Georgia’s location is crucial. It sits at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, bordering the Black Sea, which is a vital maritime route. Control or influence over Georgia allows Russia to project power into the South Caucasus, an area where Russia seeks to maintain a sphere of influence to counterbalance Western, particularly NATO and EU, expansion into what it considers its near abroad. Georgia’s territory also includes pipelines that transport oil and gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe, bypassing Russian territory. This makes Georgia a significant player in energy transit routes, competing with Russian pipelines.
Geopolitically, Georgia’s aspirations to join NATO and the EU are seen by Russia as a direct challenge to its influence. The 2008 Russo-Georgian War over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, where Russia intervened and subsequently recognized these regions as independent states, was partly motivated by these concerns. By maintaining control or influence over these breakaway regions, Russia can exert pressure on the Georgian government and hinder its Western integration efforts.
The people are being pushed, by the Israeli Defence Force, backed by US approval, to an ever narrowing space toward the Mediterranean, which is also blockaded, thus has prevented fishermen bringing in their vital catches of another food source, similar to that situation now occurring off Venezuela where fishermen have been targeted and killed by US directed drones.
The Mediterranean has oil and gas platforms off Gaza which will not be supplying Palestinians any time soon.
Will the IDF move back until all of Gaza is clear of them?
Meanwhile, Israelis continue to steal land and kill innocents in the Palestinian West Bank:
TEL AVIV — A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead at point-blank range by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the latest in a string of lethal shootings that bookend a particularly violent year for the enclave.
And
Killings of Palestinian children are soaring in the West Bank. Advocates say it happens with impunity
Human rights groups say Israeli forces face little accountability when minors die in military operations
Nick Logan · CBC News · Posted: Dec 20, 2023 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: December 20, 2023
The US backed ceasefire. How is that going for trapped Palestinians?
The price of ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza: More than 400 people dead in just three months and little hope for the future
When Donald Trump did his victory lap in Israel after announcing a ceasefire last October, he promised ‘peace for all eternity’. But Palestinians tell Alex Croft and Nedal Hamdouna they continue to face a grim daily reality of violence and destruction
And 37 Aid Groups suspended, thus weakening drastically the vital help these desperate Palestinians need. Slow and cruel death of innocents grinds on with no mercy intended.
Israel to bar 37 aid groups from Gaza
ByAmy Walker
Published30 December 2025
Israel is to revoke the licenses of 37 aid groups working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, saying they failed to meet requirements
Yemen declares emergency as S. Arabia bombs Mukalla port over UAE weapons shipment
Middle East
Yemen’s anti-Houthi forces declared a state of emergency Tuesday after Saudi Arabia bombed the port city of Mukalla over an alleged shipment of weapons for separatist forces from the United Arab Emirates. The attack signals a new escalation in tensions between the kingdom and UAE-backed separatist forces.
Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers.
In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917
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