Biden risks whitewashing Maduro's 'crimes against humanity' in pursuit of Venezuelan oil, expert war

[mystery-ak]

7, 2022 5:15pm EST
Biden risks whitewashing Maduro's 'crimes against humanity' in pursuit of Venezuelan oil, expert warns
Jim Carafano says, 'If you’re doing business with the friends of Russia, you’re helping out Russians. It’s that simple.'
By Jessica Chasmar | Fox News

    President Biden’s courting of Venezuelan oil in an attempt to end reliance on Russian imports and assuage skyrocketing gas prices at home could risk whitewashing the alleged "crimes against humanity" committed by the Venezuelan government and its closeness with Russia.

Several senior Biden administration officials from the White House and State Department traveled to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of Nicolás Maduro and discuss the possibility of easing sanctions on oil exports from the Latin American country as U.S. gas prices soared past levels not seen since 2008.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the trip Monday, saying officials traveled to Venezuela to discuss "a range of issues, including certainly energy, energy security, but also to discuss the health and welfare of detained U.S. citizens."

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-risks-whitewashing-maduros-crimes-against-humanity-in-pursuit-of-venezuelan-oil-experts-say

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Biden is proving that, just like Japan and Germany in WW2, oil is the lifeblood of the world and remains so.

[Kamaji]

Biden is proving that, just like Japan and Germany in WW2, oil is the lifeblood of the world and remains so.

[Hoodat]

The term 'whitewashing' is racist, dontcha know.  Besides, this is a win-win for the enemies of America.

[corbe]

Menendez warns Biden not to touch Venezuela sanctions to lower gas prices

by Joel Gehrke, Foreign Affairs Reporter
March 08, 2022 11:36 AM

President Joe Biden’s reported desire to lower gas prices by easing sanctions on Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro’s regime drew a stern rebuke from one of Biden's top Senate allies just as U.S. officials moved to ban imports of Russian oil.

“Nicolas Maduro is a cancer to our hemisphere and we should not breathe new life into his reign of torture and murder,” Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, said late Monday. "As such, I would strongly oppose any action that fills the pockets of regime oligarchs with oil profits while Maduro continues to deprive Venezuelans of basic human rights, freedoms, and even food.”

Venezuela has labored under intense economic sanctions since 2019, when then-President Donald Trump recognized a top opposition lawmaker as the legitimate president of Venezuela under the national constitution after Maduro claimed victory in elections widely condemned as fraudulent. Maduro, who managed to remain in power with the assistance of Russia and China, has taken the war in Ukraine as an occasion to campaign for the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil.

“Here lies the oil of Venezuela, which is available for whomever wants to produce and buy it, be it an investor from Asia, Europe or the United States,” Maduro said last week.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/menendez-warns-biden-not-to-touch-venezuela-sanctions-to-lower-gas-prices