Delcy Rodríguez says Venezuela’s oil revival will help balance the global economy

Delcy Rodríguez says Venezuela’s return as an oil-producing power will do more than reshape the country’s future. In her telling, it will contribute to hemispheric security, international energy security and the balance of the global economy.

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We are shaping not only Venezuela’s future, but also the contribution Venezuela will make to the world, the hemisphere, international energy security and the balance of the global economy.

Speaking to oil workers in an event broadcast by state channel VTV, Venezuela’s acting president said the country had signed around 50 agreements. She described the development of Venezuela as a “productive power” in oil as a contribution to the world.

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productive power

Rodríguez, who has led the executive for eight months after Nicolás Maduro was captured by the United States in January, highlighted agreements to develop greenfield oil projects. Eight of those projects are included in what she called an “extraordinary bilateral agreement” with Washington, announced a week earlier.

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extraordinary bilateral agreement

She again thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his “willingness to resume a relationship,” according to the report.

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willingness to resume a relationship