Rubio Says US Should Reconsider Chevron’s Deal in Venezuela
- Oil license funnels billions of dollars to Maduro, Rubio says
- Secretary of State nominee spoke at Senate confirmation
Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 15.
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Donald Trump’s secretary of state-nominee Marco Rubio said the US should reconsider Chevron Corp.’s sanctions waiver that allows the oil giant to operate in Venezuela.
The Biden administration “got played” in negotiations with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that encouraged him to hold elections in return for granting oil licenses, Rubio said during his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. The elections turned out to be “completely fake” while Maduro “leveraged migration against us to get those concessions,” he said.