“Trump said that as president of the United States, he will control the money from the sale of oil to “ensure that it is used for the benefit of the people of Venezuela and the United States.””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, this oil will be sold at the market price, and he, as the president of the United States, will control this money to “ensure that it is used for the benefit of the people of Venezuela and the United States.”
“I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to implement this plan immediately. The oil will be delivered by storage vessels and delivered directly to unloading docks in the United States,” he wrote on social media.
The Venezuelan authorities have not yet commented on this report.
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On the night of January 3, American troops attacked military facilities in the capital of Venezuela, Caracas, and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. The US authorities do not consider Maduro to be the legitimate president of Venezuela and accuse him and Flores of conspiring to commit “narco-terrorism”.
The United States representative to the United Nations, Michael Waltz, said that the removal and detention of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife was “a law enforcement operation with the support of the US military.” According to him, the USA is not at war with Venezuela and is not planning an occupation.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife Celia Flores appeared in court in New York on January 5. They were charged with four counts – conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and explosive devices, conspiracy to purchase machine guns and explosive devices.
The couple refused to admit their guilt, and Maduro said that he is still the president of Venezuela and considers himself a prisoner of war.