will advance “Trump’s vision” for the country

“Welcome to Venezuela, Secretary Wright. Your visit is key to advancing the president’s vision (Donald Trump) of a prosperous Venezuela. The US private sector will be essential to boost the oil sector, modernize the electrical grid and unlock Venezuela’s enormous potential,” the US Embassy in Venezuela declared on social media.

The objective of the trip is to strengthen ties with the Venezuelan authorities to discuss the future of the state oil company PDVSA, at a time of change and transition in the Caribbean country.

According to the official agenda, the secretary landed at the Maiquetía airport, which serves Caracas, for a two-day official visit.

This Wednesday is scheduled meet with Rodríguez and later he will offer statements to the press traveling with him.

On Thursday he will visit a processing center of the American oil company Chevron.

Although oil is one of the central issues of the new situation in Venezuela, Wright has wanted to separate the United States intervention from the country’s crude oil reserves: “They were never a significant part of the decision-making,” he said in an interview in the digital media Politico.

“It is It was a geopolitical problem. of a country that represented a threat to all its neighbors, a threat to the Western Hemisphere and a massive exporter of weapons, drugs and crime,” Wright said.

However, most of the trip’s agenda focuses on oil-related issues.

International companies that want to operate in Venezuela are required to partner with the state company, which has faced criticism of corruption and mismanagement.

For this reason, last week a dozen congressmen sent a letter to the attorney general of the United States, Pam Bondidemanding the rigorous application of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), to avoid any type of bribery or irregularity.

On the other hand, the president of the United States, Donald Trumpwill meet on Friday with members of the US armed forces who participated in the ‘Absolute Resolve’ operation to capture Maduro.

Hours before, the Minister of Communication of Venezuela, Miguel Ángel Pérez Pirelaresponded to the news revealed this Tuesday that claimed that Venezuela had sold crude oil to Israel, and described such assertions as “ake news.

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