Secretary of Energy Chris Wright met with President Delcy Rodríguez at Miraflores Palace, as they seek a productive association long term which would be beneficial and complimentary for both countries: Venezuela and United States. Energetic agenda is set to advance without difficulties, by addressing challenges one by one. One hundred and fifty years of energy relationship have been traveled together between United States and Venezuela: with highs and lows naturally arising from geopolitical relationship. Bilateral dialogue has become diplomatic, political and energetic. Projects discussed by President Rodriguez and Secretary of Energy right are oil, gas, minerals and electrical grid.
President Rodríguez invited Secretary Wright for this to become first of many trips that American administration will travel into Venezuela. On his part, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright stated that it was an honor to stand with interim President Delcy Rodríguez as well as thanking Venezuelan people for our hospitality. President of the United States Donald Trump is absolutely committed to transforming relationship between US and Venezuela: as Donald Trump’s agenda is to make Americas great again by bringing our countries closer together. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright’s intention is to bring commerce, peace, prosperity, jobs, higher wages, and opportunities for people of Venezuela in partnership with United States. Trump’s agenda emphasizes peace, commerce, and trade, not conflict, not military action. Americans and Venezuelans want security.
Chris Wright reminded that in Washington DC they are working seven days a week to issue OFAC licenses for new businesses and ventures. Oil production should be raised. Jobs for Venezuelans should be increased. Exports and earnings in foreign currency should increase. As Venezuela transitions into a free economy, dialogue between Chris Wright and President Rodriguez has been candid. Challenges have been noticed and are in process of being solved. Chris Wright is anxious to end military and political diatribes that have cluttered previous relationship between United States and Venezuela: so that we can turn page and move on to opportunities. Chris Wright commented on education and passion that distinguishes Venezuelans. Goal has become to unite hearts and minds of Americans and Venezuelans.
A dramatic increase in oil, gas, electric, and mining is expected. better wages, more jobs and a higher quality of life for Venezuelans. Both United States and Western Hemisphere will also benefit as Delcy Rodríguez asserts that Venezuela and United States relations are starting from scratch. Officially, United States and Venezuela relationship has been relaunched. Massive opportunities have been identified and should be invested shortly. Chris Wright will travel to oil fields such as Petropiar in Orinoco Belt: operated by Chevron, before returning back to United States. Chemistry between President Rodriguez and Secretary Wright was evident. They were both happy and at ease. They both genuinely looked as they were about to start a synergy that will last during several generations in both United States and Venezuela. Opportunities are huge and speed of growth should accelerate.
Amnesty law is expected to be approved later today. National Assembly will discuss thirteen articles of amnesty law: after a series of civil society debates with victims of opposition and victims of officialism. Remaining political prisoners are expected to be released from jail: opening a new opportunity for reconciliation and economic development. Donald Trump is monitoring these developments in Venezuela. He is very proud of what his team and Delcy Rodríguez are achieving together. Delcy Rodríguez looks extremely happy. Joropo music was played to Chris Wright and his accompanying Department of Energy team, who are visiting Caracas. There is a consensus that no changes to plan of stabilization of Venezuela should be incurred: as Venezuelans are no longer interested in engaging into instability.
Later today, there might be a student protest: which is led by students who don’t study. They remain at university during several years, if not decades, and they never graduate: as they spend their whole time in pity student politics. Universities should identify such cases and expel from their roster those people: who just wish to benefit from public education system without actually learning anything, less alone a trade. Venezuelans will be watching out that there will be no violence, no insinuations of regime change, and no diversions from virtuous economic growth path set forth by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and President Delcy Rodríguez yesterday. National Assembly might be destination where student protest wants to go. However, it is expected that heavy security will be provided so that no incidents or violence occur. Venezuelans are traumatized of years of decay, confrontation, and political parties who sent their leadership abroad while requiring everyday Venezuelans to fight against their political opponents: in a deplorable discourse of hatred, regime change, and lousy language.
Ambassador of the United States in Venezuela, Laura Dogu commented on a third phase transition goal: which is not applicable at this time and is not contemplated in Venezuelan constitution. Neither Donald Trump nor Secretary Wright have spoken anything about transition. Their only goal is to extract and drill a lot of petroleum from Venezuela, something that government led by Delcy Rodríguez is firmly supportive: as Venezuelans desperately need to recover our output to three million barrels a day, while we expand our petroleum industry into 6 million barrels a day. All of that is possible as Venezuelans succesfully gain and provide stability for foreign investment. Therefore, it is inconvenient that student movements start cluttering streets with protests against economic growth or protests against improvement of the Venezuelan petroleum industry. Opposition parties would have a hard time surviving in their current format if Venezuela’s economy improves. Opposition parties will no longer have a topic of criticism: as political prisoners are being released from jail on a daily basis. Those who are found criminal are enjoying benefit of comfortable home domicile imprisonment.
Venezuelans are still monitoring situation in Cuba. A Venezuelan Confiasa Airlines airplane is still in power of Cuban regime. Such airplane should be given back to Venezuela, while fuel and food crisis in Cuba worsens and repatriation flights of tourists in Cuba might be arranged: through short haul flights into Dominican Republic, where airplanes obtain ample fuel in advance for round trip between Santo Domingo, Havana, and back to Santo Domingo. International destinations such as Canada can be easily reached from Sto. Domingo, which has plenty of jet fuel available. After having heard fabulous fairy tale relationship and projects from both President Rodríguez and Secretary Wright, it is a pity that China and Russia were supposed to be Venezuela’s allies. They failed in providing such economic opportunities.
Venezuela is better off regaining our stellar position in Western Hemisphere. Foreign Minister Iván Gil looks absolutely detached from activities of President Delcy Rodríguez. He is attending celebrations at Iranian embassy and he is highly confronting Western Hemisphere agenda favored by Jorge Rodríguez and Donald Trump. It is necessary that President Delcy Rodríguez provides an interview to Newsmax: just as her brother Jorge Rodríguez did. Emphasis in Western Hemisphere, neglect of Eastern Hemisphere alliances that were too far and failed to defend us, all should be explained from presidential level. More broadly, foreign minister of Venezuela, Iván Gil is increasingly isolated in groups of countries that enjoy being in confrontation with United States. Foreign Minister Gil was criticizing those who were asking Venezuela to severe its ties with Eastern Hemisphere powers. So it is clear that Iván Gil does not care about economic growth of Venezuela: as he is a career diplomat who has a jet set life within rogue countries: that fail to promote economic growth and trade with ample international community. Keeping Iván Gil as foreign minister looks unsustainable. His discourse is absolutely detached from what President Delcy Rodríguez is doing.
More cabinet changes are needed: defense minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez continues quiet and questioned due to his faulty address of January 3rd, in caution due to removal of former President Nicolás Maduro out of power. These energy deals between Venezuela and United States would have been impossible with Maduro in power. Under no circumstances should Venezuelans allow a possible return of Maduro or María Machado: both of them are toxic and would interrupt reconciliation, amnesty, economic growth and international understanding with United States, as we are finally achieving in gigantic steps.
Rubén Rivero