Graffiti that reads in Spanish: ‘Trump: murderer, kidnapper, pedophile, damned,’ (left), and ‘Long live peace,’ covers a kiosk during a march to demand President Nicolas Maduro’s return, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 6, 2026THE United States is demanding that Venezuela cut all its economic ties with China, Russia, Iran and Cuba, according to a US news report.
This comes as President Donald Trump insists that the US is poised to sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil.
ABC News reported on Tuesday that Washington had sent a demand to Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez for her government to “kick out China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba and sever economic ties” with those nations.
The report also said the White House was demanding that Caracas agree to “exclusive co-operation with the US in the field of oil production.”
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Mr Trump claimed that the US would assume interim governance of Venezuela and that Washington would secure compensation from Caracas for US companies affected by the previous nationalisation of the country’s oil industry.
The far-right president said on Tuesday that Venezuela would provide 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the US, claiming proceeds from the sale of this oil would be used “to benefit the people” of both countries.
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