Jul 01, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

Kaieteur Sports – America! America! America! America is on a roll. Can’t make a misstep. Unable to do any wrong. In the right place, and in the money. Venezuela. From savaging sanctions that dispatched the citizens of a pariah state all over, to soothing symphonies of help. America taking the lead. Many countries feared to whisper the name Venezuela up to a few months ago. They are now rushing forward with good intentions, and a heart of gold. Above them all, stand the USA. Even in a time of Venezuelan national tragedy, the damage of which will take some time to assess, the U.S. holds the cards, will benefit still more. I begin at the beginning.

There’s that big, bubbling, beauty: the splash of 300 billion barrels. Who cares about thicker and bitter? Business for Exxon and Chevron. Business for oil refineries in Louisiana and others around that square. Recall what I said: America in the money. From oil, there is oil infrastructure. Rehabilitation is a little on the tame side. Try a complete overhaul, with new technology and architecture. Go the whole nine yards, and wander over decayed, dilapidated nonoil physical infrastructure. A cool trillion (American) is taking shape. Business, business, business. The U.S. industrial complex can’t do all the work. Some small jobs should trickledown to countries that are given the greenlight by DJ Trump’s men on the ground in Caracas. China can continue to rearrange the sphere on its side of the world. The U.S. is busy anticipating and well along with its moves to rearrange matters to its own advantage this side of the globe.