Author: Anatoly Kurmanaev, Julian E. Barnes and Julie Turkewitz
Published on: 10/10/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth to the U.S. And ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump. The far-reaching offer remained on the table as the Trump administration called the government of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela a “narco-terror cartel,” amassed warships in the Caribbean and began blowing up boats. Secretary of State and national security adviser has been the leading voice in the administration’s push to oust Mr. Maduro. He has called Mr. Rubio an illegitimate leader who is a “fugitive from American justice” and has been skeptical of the diplomatic approach conducted by a special U.S. Envoy, Richard Grenell. Proponents of diplomacy acknowledge that Mr.Rubio’s hard line approach has prevailed for now. But they believe their efforts could Mr. Grenell declined to comment for this article. The State Department, the White House and Venezuela’s government did not respond to requests for comment. In Washington, American officials offer differing assessments of the talks. Most experts agree that Venezuela could quickly ramp up oil output with a major injection of foreign capital. Ms. Machado declined to comment for this article. In the past, the United States framed its support for a new government in Venezuela as a human rights imperative. Venezuela’s state oil company has given Chevron full control of their joint oil projects. Venezuelan officials have worked to repair relations with another U.S. Oil giant, ConocoPhillips, which left Venezuela in 2007 after the government seized its operations. Chevron got its U.S. Treasury license to operate in Venezuela reinstated in July. The company succeeded in overturning the ban imposed by Mr. Trump months earlier. Under a new permit, Shell could begin producing gas from a massive Venezuelan field as soon as next year. Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners. President Gustavo Petro of Colombia said his government believed one of the boats recently bombed by the United States had been carrying Colombian citizens. Kash Patel, the F.B.I. Director, fired two agents who were identified as having worked with Jack Smith, the special counsel who led the federal investigations into President Trump.
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