Venezuela: Ein Öldeal als Machtgarantie – „wirtschaftlicher Wohlstand für das venezolanische Volk"
Donald Trumps Öldeal mit Venezuela stärkt die Position von Präsidentin Delcy Rodríguez. Für sie ist das heikle Geschäft eine politische Lebensversicherung.
Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez sought to clarify the United States' announcement of a "largest oil deal in world history" with her country, emphasizing that Venezuela retains ownership and sovereignty over its resources. The US President's statement had been interpreted in Venezuela and international media as the US gaining a fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves.
Rodríguez described the agreement as ensuring that the country's immense reserves, currently a "lifeless, cold number," would become a source of social and economic prosperity for the Venezuelan people. The agreement would grant a US company sole control over 17 oil fields for a maximum of 25 years, rather than the proposed 100 years.
The deal would increase daily oil production from approximately 1.2 million to 1.5 million barrels (159 liters), a quantity currently produced by private corporations together with the state-owned company PdVSA.
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