USA will decide which oil companies can operate in Venezuela and will act as an intermediary between them and the government of the South American country, the president declared this Friday donald trump.
“We are going to make the decision about which oil companies are going to enter (in Venezuela), we are going to close the agreement,” Trump said when receiving more than twenty representatives of companies in this sector at the White House.
“You are negotiating with us directly, you are not negotiating with Venezuela at all, we do not want you to negotiate with Venezuela,” warned the Republican president.
“And they will have total security. One of the reasons they couldn’t work (in Venezuela) is that they had no guarantees. But now they have total security,” Trump emphasized.
The president had decreed sanctions against Venezuelan crude oil in 2019, during his first term.
The Trump government also established an initial reward of $15 million against the now ousted president. Nicolas Madurowhich later under the presidency of Joe Biden increased to 25 million.
Last year that reward rose to 50 million. The United States managed to capture Maduro and his wife on January 3, in a military operation that shook the oil market.
The couple was immediately transferred to New York to face a trial for drug trafficking and other charges.
