Venezuelan opposition leader questions US oil deal with ‘illegitimate regime’
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has criticized a major oil deal between the US and Venezuela's interim government. She argues that the current administration in Caracas lacks the democratic mandate to negotiate the country's natural resources.
Why it matters
The deal represents a significant shift in US-Venezuela relations, and the opposition's pushback highlights the ongoing political instability and legitimacy crisis within the Venezuelan government.
The Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado said the current Venezuelan regime were ‘enemies of the US’. The Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado said the current Venezuelan regime were ‘enemies of the US’. Venezuela Venezuelan opposition leader questions US oil deal with ‘illegitimate regime’ María Corina Machado says interim government does not have democratic mandate to negotiate natural resources
Prefer the Guardian on Google The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has questioned Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela’s interim government, declaring that the country’s natural resources do not belong to “an illegitimate regime”.
In her first public comments since Trump announced what he called “the biggest oil deal in world history” with Venezuela last Friday, Machado walked a diplomatic tightrope between challenging the controversial agreement and trying not to rile the White House.
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