Re: US eases Venezuela oil embargo

On 11/27/22 7:10 AM, Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:
> US eases Venezuela oil embargo
> 
> Chevron will be allowed to resume operations in the country as long as 
> Caracas does not profit from sales
> 
> ©  AP / Matias Delacroix
> 
> The US Treasury Department has granted a license to multinational energy 
> corporation Chevron to export Venezuelan oil to the US, citing a 
> breakthrough in talks between the opposition and the government in 
> Caracas, which Washington still refuses to recognize.
> 
> According to the Treasury’s statement on Saturday, Chevron Corporation 
> was authorized to “resume limited natural resource extraction 
> operations,” as long as Venezuela’s government does not receive “any 
> profits from the oil sales by Chevron.” Under the policy, the extracted 
> oil can only be exported to the US and the profits can only be directed 
> to repaying the debts owed to Chevron, which has joint ventures with 
> state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
> 
> The newly-granted license specifically prohibits the “payment of any 
> taxes or royalties to the Government of Venezuela,” or payment of “any 
> dividends, including a dividend in kind” to any entity owned or 
> controlled by PDVSA.
> 
> “Other Venezuela-related sanctions and restrictions imposed by the 
> United States remain in place,” the statement added, emphasizing that 
> the move does not indicate any change to the longstanding US policy 
> towards Venezuela. Washington will continue to “vigorously enforce these 
> sanctions,” it said, and will only “provide targeted sanctions relief 
> based on concrete steps that alleviate the suffering of the Venezuelan 
> people and support the restoration of democracy.”
> 
> It remains unclear how much oil Chevron will be allowed to extract and 
> export to the US under these conditions, and if the move will have any 
> impact on global oil prices.
> 
> Caracas has been under US sanctions for over 15 years. The latest round 
> of restrictions was imposed after Washington refused to recognize 
> Nicolas Maduro as the country’s president following the 2018 election, 
> and instead declared the head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaido, to 
> be the ‘interim leader’ of the country.
> 
> As a result, all Venezuelan government assets were frozen in the US and 
> any dealings with US citizens and companies were barred. However, 
> despite the political challenge and the heavy sanctions introduced on 
> his government by the West, Maduro has remained in power and is still 
> considered the country’s legitimate president by most of the world.
> 
> After the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine in February 
> and subsequent bans on Russian oil in the US first and a partial embargo 
> in Europe, Washington turned to Venezuela for oil relief and indicated 
> that it may relax economic pressure on Caracas, including allowing it to 
> increase its oil exports.
> 
> The US Treasury Department tied its latest move to the resumption of 
> long-stalled negotiations between Maduro’s government and a wider 
> coalition of opposition groups apart from the faction led by Guaido, 
> whose term expires in January.
> 
> Earlier on Saturday, the sides signed a framework agreement to establish 
> a UN-managed fund to finance health, food and education programs using 
> the frozen Venezuelan assets. Maduro called the agreement an “important 
> step for the well-being of our country,” after previously stating that 
> his “effort will always be the dialogue with the entire Venezuelan 
> society.”
> 
> https://www.rt.com/business/567247-venezuela-oil-chevron-maduro/
> 
> 
Why do we need Venezuela oil while we have our own very expensive oil we 
can use while prices are high? Doesn't that mean more oil lease money 
and more gas tax all from U.S. sourced oil and money that goes back to 
U.S. oil workers rather than to The Marxist Venezuelan Dictator.


But for some reason Democrats want our money to support a Marxist 
Dictator that uses guns to maintain his political power.

If the Democrats support El Presidente` Maduro the Murdering dictator 
that uses the power from the barrel of a gun to stay in office, why 
would we NOT also believe that the DEMOCRATS here in America that 
support this policy of buying oil from a Marxist killer won't also 
support that type of government use of guns so they themselves (THE 
DEMOCRATS) can stay in power?

You see the DEMOCRATS are VIRTUE SIGNALING who they really are.

They support suppression of the people of Venezuela by a Marxist Dictator.



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