Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez says oil deal with Trump has ‘endless’ benefits
Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez is defending a controversial oil deal with Donald Trump, claiming it will turn the country into an energy powerhouse. The deal, which reportedly involves US control over significant oil reserves, has faced backlash within Venezuela.
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Details a major geopolitical shift in energy policy and international relations involving Venezuela and the US.
Delcy Rodríguez claimed the deal would help her country become ‘an energy powerhouse’. Delcy Rodríguez claimed the deal would help her country become ‘an energy powerhouse’. Venezuela Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez says oil deal with Trump has ‘endless’ benefits Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her country
Prefer the Guardian on Google Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has defended her government’s highly controversial energy deal with Donald Trump, insisting the South American country will maintain ownership and sovereignty over its massive oil reserves.
Rodríguez, who assumed power in January after Trump ordered the abduction of the president, Nicolás Maduro, took to the airwaves on Saturday to push back against criticism of what the US president has called “the biggest oil deal in world history”.
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