US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday vowed to drive a “dramatic increase” in Venezuela’s oil output after talks with the country’s acting leader, who backed a “productive long-term partnership” with Washington.
Wright met interim leader Delcy Rodriguez in Caracas, becoming the highest-ranking US official to visit Venezuela since US special forces captured and overthrew socialist leader Nicolas Maduro on January 3.
After talks with Rodriguez, who took over from Maduro and has struck a cooperative relationship with US President Donald Trump, Wright told reporters relations between the nations were “at a pivot in history.”
Wright said a surge in Venezuela’s production of oil, natural gas and electricity would improve the quality of life of “all of the Venezuelans across the country” and added that President Donald Trump was committed to making “the Americas great again.” (AFP)
