Nicolás Maduro is still the legitimate leader of Venezuela, the country's acting president said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.
“I can tell you President Nicolás Maduro is the legitimate president. I will tell you this as a lawyer, that I am. Both President Maduro and Cilia Flores, the first lady, are both innocent,” acting President Delcy Rodríguez told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in Caracas, in her first interview with an American journalist since taking office.
As her predecessor sits in a federal detention facility in New York after beingkidnapped captured by U.S. forces last month, Rodríguez is now seemingly being welcomed back into the diplomatic fold by President Donald Trump. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright made a high-profile visit Wednesday as the two countries hammered out details of how Venezuela’s vast oil reserves are to be distributed…to America or American approved clients?
Over $1 billion in Venezuelan oil has been sold and $5 billion more in oil sales are expected in the coming months, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, and several times that seized and confiscated in International waters…but that’s a different story.
“So the Venezuelans are in charge here in Venezuela (?), but the United States has enormous ‘leverage’
over the interim authorities in Venezuela — the largest revenue source that funds the government, that funds the government of Venezuela is now controlled by the United States,” Wright said.
“If they’re driving positive change that benefits Americans (and is improving the life opportunities of people in Venezuela?), that money will flow. If they steer off that path, we have just simply tremendous ‘leverage’.”
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The U.S. eased sanctions on Venezuela’s energy sector on Friday, issuing two general licenses that allow global energy companies to resume oil and gas operations in the OPEC member and for other companies to negotiate contracts on investments in new energy operations.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (?) issued a general license allowing Chevron, BP, Eni, Shell and Repsol to resume oil and gas operations in Venezuela.
The other license allows companies around the world to enter contracts for new investments in Venezuelan oil and gas. It does not allow transactions with companies in Russia, Iran, or China or entities owned or controlled by joint ventures with people in those countries.
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“I can tell you President Nicolás Maduro is the legitimate president. I will tell you this as a lawyer, that I am. Both President Maduro and Cilia Flores, the first lady, are both innocent,” acting President Delcy Rodríguez told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in Caracas, in her first interview with an American journalist since taking office.
As her predecessor sits in a federal detention facility in New York after being
Over $1 billion in Venezuelan oil has been sold and $5 billion more in oil sales are expected in the coming months, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, and several times that seized and confiscated in International waters…but that’s a different story.
“So the Venezuelans are in charge here in Venezuela (?), but the United States has enormous ‘leverage’
over the interim authorities in Venezuela — the largest revenue source that funds the government, that funds the government of Venezuela is now controlled by the United States,” Wright said.“If they’re driving positive change that benefits Americans (and is improving the life opportunities of people in Venezuela?), that money will flow. If they steer off that path, we have just simply tremendous ‘leverage’.”
Nicolás Maduro is the 'legitimate president' of Venezuela, acting leader says — NBC News
“Cooperation is off to a tremendous start,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News as the two countries hammered out details of how Venezuela’s vast oil reserves are to be distributed.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (?) issued a general license allowing Chevron, BP, Eni, Shell and Repsol to resume oil and gas operations in Venezuela.
The other license allows companies around the world to enter contracts for new investments in Venezuelan oil and gas. It does not allow transactions with companies in Russia, Iran, or China or entities owned or controlled by joint ventures with people in those countries.
US allows oil majors to resume Venezuela operations, broadly okays new energy investments | BOE Report
The U.S. eased sanctions on Venezuela's energy sector on Friday, issuing two general licenses that allow global energy companies to resume oil and gas operations in the OPEC member and for other companies to negotiate contracts on investments in new energy operations. The Treasury Department's...
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