Signing in a hurry and handing the subsoil to the best electoral bidder

Haste has never been a good adviser to sovereignty. According to the newspaper El Estímulo, the National Assembly took only a few minutes to give the green light to an oil agreement that President Donald Trump calls the biggest in history, while the fine print remains murkier than a barrel of heavy crude. Handing over management of resources for decades without deep national debate shows that, for some, the electoral urgencies of the north weigh more than the economic stability of the nation itself.

The underlying problem is not that the country negotiates with international actors, but the terms and the transparency with which it does so. According to information published by El Nacional, the White House said the pact involves control over 65 billion barrels of reserves and long-term concessions to private companies. When the basic assets of a country are committed in a matter of minutes and without passing through the public scrutiny that the Constitution requires, the message sent is that common resources end up serving as bargaining chips for outside political interests.

While the leadership celebrates express deals, domestic productive sectors are warning about the country's real urgencies. According to the portal Descifrado, trade groups such as Fedenaga and Fedeagro have demanded that a priority share of oil revenue be devoted to rescuing domestic agricultural and livestock production. The issue is not only pumping more barrels to satisfy external demand, but building a productive fabric with local added value that guarantees the food security of the population. Blindly betting on extraction without strengthening the real economy means repeating single-commodity formulas that have already shown their historical fragility.