Thanks to Mike for updating us on the source of the 28-hour scoop on the Venezuelan doublet earthquake as “Hawaii News Now” and providing an interesting theory about the possible Orinoco Mining Arc motivation.
was it a distraction, a hit, something else?
apparently since 2016 the resource laden ecologically sensitive arc has undergone radical Chinese capitalist style deregulation anything goes removal of any & all obstacles, red tape.
concurrently new management has arisen, a blend of gangs, guerrilla groups, corrupted Venezuelan military and co-opted indigenous leadership.
the linked article describing the loss of sovereignty in the region as it became a “State of Exception”:
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14092/



STRAP IN! ... We're being taken for a ride on the Tilt O' Whirled.
The things money/power motivates. Some odd "coincidences," indeed.