Marco Rubio says Venezuela will only be able to spend oil money on US products.
The US is attempting to impose a trade exclusivity agreement on Caracas, involving the use of Venezuelan oil revenues in exchange for US products.
247 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that Venezuelan authorities will purchase US products with the money obtained from the sale of oil from the Latin American country.
“Everything that Venezuela buys with the money it gets from oil will be purchased from the US,” Rubio said this Friday (9) during a meeting with executives from companies in the energy sector, according to statements released by the RT channel. “This includes everything from equipment for the oil industry to food, medicine and everything else,” he said.
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced that "Venezuela is committed to doing business with the United States as its primary partner." The president described the decision as "wise" and "very good for the people of Venezuela and for the US."
On January 3, the United States launched a large-scale attack against Venezuela, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and taking them to New York. US President Donald Trump announced that Maduro and Flores would face trial for alleged involvement in “narco-terrorism” and for posing a threat, including to the United States. Caracas requested an emergency UN meeting in response to the US operation. The Venezuelan Supreme Court temporarily transferred the functions of head of state to Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who was officially sworn in as acting president before the National Assembly on January 5.
