Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez says oil deal with Trump has ‘endless’ benefits
Summary
Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, supports a new oil deal with President Trump that gives the US control over part of Venezuela’s large oil reserves. She says the deal will help develop Venezuela’s economy, while critics say it hands over the country’s resources to the US.Key Facts
- Delcy Rodríguez became interim president of Venezuela in January after President Trump ordered the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
- The oil deal with the US involves control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves.
- Venezuela has the largest proven crude oil reserves in the world, estimated at 303 billion barrels.
- Rodríguez says the deal will bring investment, technology, and production capacity to Venezuela.
- President Trump called the deal historic and said it would help fill America’s Strategic National Reserves.
- The deal was the result of months of secret talks between Venezuela and the US.
- Opposition members and some Venezuelan officials criticize the deal as a loss of national sovereignty.
- Protests have occurred in Caracas against the agreement, and public figures have called it neo-colonial.
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