US energy secretary will travel to Venezuela to unveil oil arrangement

Um funcionário anônimo dos EUA informou a repórteres que Wright viajará para a Venezuela na terça‑feira, enquanto a administração do presidente Donald Trump avança com o polêmico acordo energético.

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Detalhes ainda estão surgindo sobre o acordo, comparado por críticos a negócios impostos por potências coloniais.

Still, the interim government of Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez has defended the agreement as a boon to her country’s beleaguered economy. The National Assembly, led by her brother Jorge Rodriguez, voted to back the measure on Tuesday.

Mas mesmo dentro da Assembleia Nacional, houve resistência. Alguns legisladores da oposição se abstiveram da votação e denunciaram o fato de que os termos do acordo ainda não foram publicados.

While details about the arrangement are still emerging, the deal is slated to give the US access to 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Venezuela, about one-fifth of the country’s total.

Como parte do acordo, espera-se que os EUA firmem uma parceria com uma empresa privada para extrair combustível de 17 grandes campos petrolíferos venezuelanos. O arrendamento sobre os campos petrolíferos terá duração de 100 anos, segundo relatos.

The White House confirmed on Monday that it is partnering with North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP), helmed by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt who is a former ally of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

The agreement would create a new company, wherein the US Defence Department would take a 35 percent ownership stake and the State Department would have the right to buy 20 percent of the oil produced at cost.

Betancourt has faced criminal investigations for alleged money laundering in Spain and Switzerland.

Mas um oficial dos EUA que falou anonimamente defendeu a parceria, argumentando que Betancourt não está enfrentando nenhuma acusação criminal nos EUA.

Ao ser questionado sobre a possibilidade de eleições democráticas na Venezuela, o oficial afirmou que não seriam viáveis no futuro imediato.

Periods of transition, the official added, “almost invariably requires you to work with elements of the existing structure, even as you are creating a new one”.

Separately, oil giant Chevron is expected to sign an agreement to expand operations in Venezuela on Wednesday.

Venezuela’s energy sector has become dilapidated, with critics blaming heavy US sanctions and government mismanagement.

Enquanto a administração Trump tem impulsionado uma maior participação internacional no setor petrolífero da Venezuela, algumas empresas têm expressado ceticismo em relação a investir lá.

The 65-billion-barrel oil deal was announced on August 27 in a post on Trump’s Truth Social platform.

His administration has exercised increasing influence over Venezuela’s government, since it launched a January 3 military operation to abduct and imprison Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Trump and Maduro had frequently clashed. In the wake of Maduro’s abduction, Trump backed the socialist leader’s vice president, Rodriguez, to take over Venezuela’s government, holding her up as a model of cooperation.

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