There is a solution to this kind of behavior...

There was a time when an action of this sort of behavior by a foreign power would have earned them a visit by the Marines. While those were in a less "enlightened" time, there are other responses that beat the hell out of this bullshit from the State Department to what amounts to theft.

"We would just call on them, if they did make such a move, to compensate the owners of those wells," Toner said. "This is the latest in such an instance where international investors, their investments are being nationalized by the government of Venezuela. It doesn't speak or bode well for the investment climate there."