They are going empty because of boycott.
You see, Saudi Arabia didn´t suffer such hardships because of the oil price.
Exactly which boycott is that?
Now granted, there are sanctions put in place, but that is not the same thing as a boycott. And they only went into effect last year, so that does not explain the collapse a decade prior to that.
And Saudi Arabia did not suffer so much because it has a more distributed economy. Since the 1970's they have actively worked to diversify their economy, and done a great job doing so. Not just oil, they are now a world leader in the production of petrochemicals, including herbicides and plastic. They have also expanded their production of iron and steel, as well as invested in companies internationally. And they are the leading banking nation in that area of the world.
And for thousands of years the Arabs have also been traders. That is what they were known for going back to antiquity. And they still maintain that trade mentality today. Even today they are the center of a vast trading network.
This is what them survive so well, while Venezuela did not. They became a "one trick pony", and when that pony got sick the rest of their act collapsed.
And other countries like Mexico also did not suffer as much, because they also have a highly diverse economy. Primarily agriculture in addition to manufacturing. Oil was a big part of it, but never the main part.
Meanwhile, all you really just said is "blah blah Washington blah blah."
And boycott? Kellogg's left because the country could no longer provide enough raw materials to keep the factory running (and the crashing of the economy meant they could not even break even by importing grains to make into food). They were still there until that, and Ford is still there today building trucks. Not much of a "boycott" there.
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