Político
El Gobierno de Estados Unidos ha tocado la puerta de petroleras estadounidenses este miércoles para preguntar si volverían a Venezuela en un hipotético escenario de salida del poder del presidente Nicolás Maduro, según informó el medio especializado Politico. EFE La Administración de Donald Trump ha llevado a cabo estos contactos a través del Departamento de […]
TL;DR
- The U.S. government contacted U.S. oil companies regarding a hypothetical return to Venezuela if Maduro leaves power.
- Companies cited low oil prices and political instability as reasons for not responding favorably.
- President Trump has escalated rhetoric towards Venezuela, expressing interest in U.S. oil rights.
- The U.S. previously imposed sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry.
- Washington recently seized a ship carrying Venezuelan crude oil.
- The Venezuelan oil industry was nationalized in 1976, with rights reserved for PDVSA.
- Chevron currently operates in Venezuela under a Treasury Department license exempting it from sanctions.
- Stephen Miller claimed the U.S. created the Venezuelan oil industry and called its nationalization 'the greatest recorded theft of American wealth and property'.
- The Trump administration previously stated its strategy aimed to combat drug trafficking, accusing Maduro's government of leading the 'Cartel of the Suns'.
- Trump has promised future attacks against drug trafficking in Venezuela, while Maduro has called for citizen militias.