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Of course they would have, if the US imposed a blockade and criminally hijacked tankers off the high seas. What are they supposed to do, pick a fight with the US Navy? It's not a question of will, it's a question of capabilities. Material reality. Maduro does not have superpowers to magically teleport oil to Cuba and neither did Chavez. I haven't seen the interim administration of Venezuela do anything so far that Maduro or Chavez wouldn't have done in the same circumstances.
It's obviously not ideal, but you have to play the hand you are dealt. For now Venezuela and Cuba are both practicing strategic patience. They are betting they can outlast whatever the US can throw at them in the short term.
Because everyone can see that, in the long term, the US is in decline.
I see what you're saying, but the USA had already seized tankers and they didn't stop until after Maduro was kidnapped