Luis Vicente León, president of the Venezuelan pollster Datanalisis, observed the new panorama that has been created after the recent talks between the United States and Venezuela during the conflict in Ukraine.
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Although for the time being, an import of Venezuelan oil has been dismissed from Washington, the movements of the government of Nicolás Maduro and the US delegation representing that country make the international community think of a change of position.
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The contacts began during the war in Ukraine, in which, at the same time, the release of two US citizens generated a loudspeaker about the relationship. Gustavo Cárdenas and Jorge Fernández left Venezuela were the ones released from Venzuela. The first, a director of the Citgo oil company, spent four years in prison and the second, a tourist, lasted a year.
“The first effects are positive for both parties”, says political scientist Daniel Árias. In his opinion, the Biden administration has achieved the release of two people and, on the other hand, Nicolás Maduro “had a propagandistic effect”, campaigning on the vitality of Venezuelan oil for the Western world and the importance of Venezuela in Geopolitics.
Immediately, a meeting was confirmed between a delegation from the United States that traveled to address, among others, energy issues and the possible withdrawal of some sanctions on the Venezuelan government that, for the opposition, would strengthen the Maduro regime.
In turn, in the same context of the conflict in Ukraine, the government of President Nicolás Maduro ratified its support for its ally Russia during a meeting that brought together senior officials from both countries in Turkey.
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