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The United States President Donald Trump has canceled discounts on oil production provided to Venezuela Under his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden.
In a social media publication on Wednesday, Trump said the Venezuelan President's government Nikola Maduro He has not made improvements in areas such as election reform and immigration implementation.
“We are referring to the concessions that Kriv Joe Biden gave to Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela on the oil transactions agreement of November 26, 2022, and should also be linked to the election conditions within Venezuela, who have not been met by the Maduro regime,” Glassi.
In 2022, the Biden administration issued a license to US energy giant Chevron A to expand production in oil -rich Venezuela.
At that time, the United States was taking cautious steps to reduce tensions with the Maduro government, in part in the hope of stimulating more energy cooperation.
Then, in October 2023, employees of the Maduro administration signed a pair of transactions called Barbados Agreement, which confirmed his commitment to free and fair elections made in the monitoring of international election experts.
The United States has responded to this commitment by further allocating oil sanctions on Venezuela's economy.
But in the leading of Venezuela's presidential election in 2024. Maduro Government Enhanced repressive actions aimed at the country's political opposition.
For example, she prohibited political rivals from applying, including Maria Corina Machado and Corina YorisA professor who tried to replace the Macado in the race.
However, opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez appeared on the way to the best Maduro of the urn, according to polls before the election. But shortly after the vote on July 28, the election election announced that Maduro had won without providing the usual breakdown of voting waistlines.
This interruption of the tradition nourishes widespread claims that Maduro unbelievers win. Still, on January 10, Maduro swore to office for third termS
Trump himself was opened for a second term in the White House several days later, on January 20. But political observers have asked whether Trump's new term of office would say differently Venezuela approachS
During his first term, from 2017 to 2021, Trump submitted Venezuela to devastating sanctions and a “maximum pressure” campaign. He even awarded a $ 15 million award for information that would lead to Maduro's arrest.
But during his second -term campaign, Trump is chasing a platform involving a “mass deportation”, a proposal that requires countries to be ready to return migrants.
Earlier this month, Trump said Venezuela and the United States have reached an agreement to strengthen cooperation on immigration, which allows the United States to deport some Venezuela people back to their homeland.
Deportations to the country of origin of a person require the approval of authorities in the country where they were returned, something that Venezuela had not provided before.
Right groups have criticized efforts to deport people back to Venezuela, where they may be pursued by the government, especially if they escape from the country after abandoning the armed forces.
The Trump Administration also tried to store Venezuelan immigrants Guantanamo BayA military base, best known for its status as a Center for Detention and Torture, used to conduct alleged fighters during the so-called war against terror.
While the government has described the Venezuelans held there as members of the gang and dangerous criminals, many do not have serious criminal records except the allegations of immigration.
Several members of the Trump Foreign Foreign Policy team have a long history of hanetsuela hazelnut statements. Some even have articulated ambitions to replace the Maduro government with another friendly interests.
On Wednesday, for example, Secretary of State Marco Rubio interviewed Fox News, where he called Maduro a “horrible dictator”.
Asked if he would ask for Maduro to release the presidency, Rubio was ambiguous.
“Why would we like someone similar to be there?” Rubio asked. “We will not publicly discuss what our work will be in this regard, but today it remains the same threat, which was two years ago, four years ago, four years ago. This will have to handle it. “
