Victoria Coates on Venezuela Instability and Iran's Supreme Leader Potentially Fleeing to Russia

Venezuela's Political Instability

• ⚠️ Victoria Coates discusses the nationwide manhunt for supporters of Maduro's arrest, indicating instability in Venezuela.
• 🎯 The goal is to stabilize the country, get oil companies operational, and show tangible results to the Venezuelan people.

Strategic Importance of Venezuelan Oil

• ⛽ The U.S. aims to quickly extract oil from Venezuela not only to increase global supply and lower prices but also to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
• 💰 Refineries recently purchased by an American entity, Elliot Management, are expected to become a significant profit driver.
• 🌍 Collaborating with Canadian and Venezuelan partners could give the U.S. control over approximately 40% of the world's oil reserves, a position China cannot match.

Iran's Supreme Leader and Protests

• ✈️ Reports suggest Iran's Supreme Leader may flee to Russia if ongoing protests overwhelm security forces.
• 💡 Coates believes this possibility is as real now as it was during the 2009 Green Revolution, suggesting the regime's weakness has been exposed.
• 🔍 The recent arrest of Maduro is seen as intensifying unrest, and it's known that Israeli and U.S. intelligence are aware of the Supreme Leader's location 24/7.
• 😨 The expert states the Supreme Leader has reason to be "shaking in his boots", and Moscow could be a suitable refuge.