State Dept “OUR hemisphere / security threatened” (referenced by Al Jazeera):

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/7/trumps-attacks-on-venezuela-put-the-us-neighbour-mexico-on-edge

Alma (PDF) on Mohajer-6 range / Venezuela context:

https://israel-alma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Irans-UAV-Army-%E2%80%93-A-Global-Threat-January-2023-update.pdf

Reuters on China export controls curbing strategic mineral shipments (Apr 20, 2025):

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-export-controls-are-curbing-critical-mineral-shipments-world-2025-04-20/

Reuters explainer on China mineral export-control list (Apr 4, 2025):

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-curbs-exports-strategic-minerals-2025-10-09/

Barron’s on Venezuela “proven reserves” vs extractability / Orinoco heaviness:

https://www.barrons.com/articles/chevron-stock-price-venezuela-oil-trouble-60d3e024

Politics_And_Law

The “Timing Test”: When “Oil” Is the Story, but the Machinery Is Elsewhere

Yermin

State Dept “OUR hemisphere / security threatened” (referenced by Al Jazeera):
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/7/trumps-attacks-on-venezuela-put-the-us-neighbour-mexico-on-edge

Alma (PDF) on Mohajer-6 range / Venezuela context:
https://israel-alma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Irans-UAV-Army-%E2%80%93-A-Global-Threat-January-2023-update.pdf

Reuters on China export controls curbing strategic mineral shipments (Apr 20, 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-export-controls-are-curbing-critical-mineral-shipments-world-2025-04-20/

Reuters explainer on China mineral export-control list (Apr 4, 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-curbs-exports-strategic-minerals-2025-10-09/

Barron’s on Venezuela “proven reserves” vs extractability / Orinoco heaviness:
https://www.barrons.com/articles/chevron-stock-price-venezuela-oil-trouble-60d3e024