Maduro celebrates “slight but significant steps” by the US with oil licenses

President Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro celebrated this Saturday the “Slight but significant steps” of USA by “giving licenses” to oil companies to operate in the country, as part of a relaxation of the economic sanctions imposed on the Chavista government.

“USA a week ago he gave some small but significant steps when delivering licenses to (the American) Chevron, (the Italian) Eni and (the Spanish) Repsol to start processes that lead to the production of gas and oil in Venezuela to export to their natural markets”said the president in an interview with an Argentine radio, from which the Presidency’s Twitter account published excerpts.

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The White House announced on May 17 the relaxation of some of the sanctions imposed on the government of Ripe in 2019, including an oil embargo, to pressure his departure from power, after not knowing his re-election a year earlier.

The “relief” seeks to promote the resumption of dialogue between the government of Ripe and the opposition backed by Washington, which was suspended last October and has not been resumed until now.

An official from the government of President Joe Biden pointed out that the flexibility includes a “limited license” to Chevron to “negotiate the terms of possible future activities in Venezuela” without being able to “close any new agreement” with the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). .

He did not name Eni or Repsol at the time, although Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said she had “verified and confirmed” that the measure included European companies.

A US government delegation met in March with Ripe in Caracas, in an effort to isolate Russia from its allies after the invasion of Ukraine that had begun shortly before.

Source: Elcomercio

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