If Washington does not recognize Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela, the oil crisis caused by the war in Ukraine has led to warming relations between the two countries.
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“Venezuela is ready, completely ready, to go to a process of normalization of diplomatic, consular, political relations, with this government of the United States and with those who could then arrive,” said President Nicolas Maduro During a interview with the French journalist Ignacio Ramonet , broadcast by Public Venezuelan television Sunday January 1st.
The Venezuelan government had broken with the United States in 2019, the year the administration of Donald Trump recognized opponent Juan Guaido as acting president of Venezuela. In an attempt to drive out President Maduro of power, Washington had adopted a battery of sanctions against Caracas, including an embargo on Venezuelan oil.
Even if the current president Joe Biden formally continues not to recognize Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela, judging his election in 2018 fraudulent, the oil crisis caused by the war in Ukraine has led to a warming of relations.
Flooring American sanctions.
The White House sent emissaries to Caracas in 2022 to negotiate. It softens the sanctions against Venezuela after an advance in the negotiations between power and opposition, allowing in particular the Chevron oil giant to operate in the Latin American country for the next six months.
“We are ready for dialogues at the highest level, for relations of respect, and I hope that a radius of light will reach these United States of North America to turn the page, Leave aside this extremist policy, and reach more pragmatic policies towards Venezuela, “said Maduro.
The Venezuelan President also considered that “things are advancing well” with the European Union and that a “permanent dialogue” takes place with the chief of diplomacy of the twenty-seven, Josep Borrell.