donald trumpa month and a half after attacking Venezuela and kidnapping Nicolás Maduro, has recognized that his relationship with the country “is ten.” He has defended this in statements to the media, where he assures that the government of Delcy Rodriguez is doing “very, very good work.”
Visit to Venezuela
He also assures that he will make a visit to Venezuela, although the date of the trip has not yet been decided. “I’m going to pay a visit to Venezuela,” he told reporters at the White House before traveling to a military base in North Carolinawhere he planned to meet with members of the US special forces who participated in the operation that led to the arrest of the former Venezuelan president last January.
After the military operation, the Trump Government has handed over command of the transition in Venezuela to Maduro’s former number two and current acting president, Delcy Rodriguezand has assured that the White House is supervising the work of its Executive.
oil agreement
Before leaving for North Carolina, Trump has highlighted the framework agreed with Caracas to reopen the Venezuelan crude oil production market to foreign oil companies under the strict control from Washington.
“The oil is coming out, and other nations are paying a lot of money for it, and we are taking care of it. We are refining it, and we are the only ones with the capacity to refine it,” the US president explained about the role that oil companies are playing. US refineries in the Gulf of Mexicospecialized in the processing of heavy crude oil, which is what is mainly produced in Venezuela.
The Secretary of Energy, Chris Wrightmade an important visit to Venezuela this week to meet with Rodríguez and this Friday the Treasury Department has authorized new licenses that further relax existing restrictions for non-Venezuelan oil companies to operate in the Caribbean country.
