Venezuela will from now on purchase only products that are manufactured in the United States, using money obtained under a new oil agreement between the U.S. and Venezuela, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday.
“Purchases will include, among other things, American agricultural products and medicines made in America, medical devices, and equipment to improve Venezuela’s power grid and energy facilities,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
Trump said that in this way Venezuela is committing to do business with the United States as its main partner.
“A wise choice and a good thing for the peoples of Venezuela and the United States,” Trump assessed.
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Washington on Tuesday announced an agreement with Caracas to gain access to Venezuelan crude oil worth up to two billion dollars, a sign that officials of the Venezuelan government are responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand to open the country to American oil companies, or risk greater military intervention.
Trump said he wants Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez, installed this week after the U.S. ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, to allow American and private companies “full access” to the country’s oil industry.
On social media, many criticized U.S. policy toward Venezuela, accusing the Trump administration of “total economic colonization.”
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