RALEIGH, North Carolina.- A White House delegation met with the Venezuelan government. North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis condemned this approach and the possibility of lifting the sanctions.
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While Joe Biden administration spokeswoman Jen Psaki noted that energy security was one of the discussions between the US delegation and the Venezuelan government, The White House has not confirmed whether they will eliminate the embargo on Venezuelan crude exports, one of the sanctions imposed in 2019.
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In this regard, the Office of Thom Tillis (R) said the following to Noticias 40:
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“Dictator Nicolás Maduro has violently oppressed the Venezuelan people, and President Biden should not entertain his regime because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Senator Tillis is adamantly opposed to importing oil from Venezuela as a replacement for the oil we are banning from Russia.”
They reject a meeting between the Venezuelan government and the White House
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Carlos Arevalo, director of the organization Venezuela Para Ti and one of the more than 12,000 Venezuelans residing in North Carolina, he fears that the sanctions imposed on the Venezuelan government will be relaxed or eliminated.
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