State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed in a press conference on May 27 the expiration of the license granted to Chevron during the Biden administration to maintain its oil and gas operations with the state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela.
“We will not allow any money to move to the Maduro regime that assists their regime,” Bruce said during a press conference.
Bruce added that President Donald Trump instructed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to cancel all licenses that have benefited the Maduro regime, “and lined the pockets of his cronies.”
On July 28 of last year, presidential elections were held in Venezuela, and the National Electoral Council declared Nicolás Maduro the winner for a third term. However, the Atlanta-based Carter Center, a leading observer, issued a report at the time stating that the elections lacked transparency and integrity and questioned the outcome….