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so they can say moving out of "North America" instead of "US" and avoid the ire of a certain mad king

That won't work because he already believes he owns everything from hemisphere from Greenland to Venezuela.

why stop at Venezuela? Chile has valuable mineral deposits, and crave the freedom that only the mad king can give. Extend the empire to Tierra del Fuego I say!

Chile is a stable, market-driven democracy with a robust economy, whereas Venezuela has experienced severe political authoritarianism and a deep, multi-year economic collapse, and a massive humanitarian exodus of millions of citizens.

whoosh!

> whereas Venezuela has experienced severe political authoritarianism and a deep, multi-year economic collapse, and a massive humanitarian exodus of millions of citizens

none of which has been resolved by the US violently removing their leader and taking over their oil

And coincidentally, Venezuela has heaps of oil.

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