JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump is said to have demanded that the interim President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez sever economic ties with China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba.
Trump's demand was a condition for Venezuela, a sovereign country, to be allowed to increase its oil production after the US attack.
"First, the country must expel China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba and sever economic ties," said a source familiar with the plan, according to ABC News quoted by Al Jazeera, Thursday, January 8.
The source then added that there were other conditions that Trump had proposed, namely prioritizing the US in distributing Venezuelan crude oil production.
"Second, Venezuela must agree to exclusively partner with the US in oil production and prioritize America when selling heavy crude," the source continued.
The US is known to have carried out an aggression against Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their residence in Ciracas on January 3, 2026.
Not long after that, the vacancy at the top of the government leadership made Delcy Rodriguez as vice president to be appointed as the interim President of Venezuela.
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