...and there you go. Even if the man is innocent, he'll be jailed for years. This corrupt administration will drag this on forever even if they lose. As you said, "by that point it won’t matter anymore".
Most military systems use 28nm - 90nm processes, which are more reliable, and which the US can comfortably supply domestically.
Not included: the rare-earth minerals, which are a market almost entirely cornered by the same China. And facilities to process those same rare earth minerals, which are impossible to simply build overnight.
its not like venezuelas is suddenly going to elect a democratic president
There will be a sham election and a USA stooge will (try to) rule the place for a while. Then he'll be couped by the masses. Another stooge ascends to power, with USA's blessing. And so on...
All of this has happened many times before in South America.
well, TIL. I thought it was more recent than that. Their quality has been steadily decreasing for quite some time, and I always blamed that acquisition.
The article doesn't mention how much time passed since the crime occured and the discovery of the robbed vault. Depending on how much time passed, they could have easily fled the country, maybe even the EU.
Reality doesn't agree. How come he is your president, then? He (supposedly) got there legitimately.