As far as the Western mass media are concerned, they went from Iran (
electoral conflict in
an oil-rich country) to China (
ethnic conflict in
an oil-rich region), skipping Honduras (a coup d'état in an oil-poor country dependent on
foreign aid and remittances where the USG has
a military base).
Does McClatchy count as "mainstream Western media"? They've been giving the Honduran coup a pretty good run.
ReplyDeleteCan't trust those EIA numbers, though! Venezuelan extra-heavy brings it to well over 200 billion so far as I know, maybe far more.
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