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Rubio: “The US is not concerned with Venezuela’s oil”

According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the USA doesn’t wish to management the Venezuelan oil business out of financial curiosity. The United States has sufficient of its personal oil, Rubio stated in an interview with the US broadcaster NBC News. Rather, it’s about guaranteeing that Venezuela’s enormous oil reserves are not beneath the management of opponents of the USA.

Washington won’t permit Venezuela to turn out to be a base and working level for nations resembling China, Russia or Iran or for the pro-Iranian militia Hezbollah, stated Rubio. Washington won’t settle for the exploitation of assets by exterior actors, as may be noticed in different areas of the world, in Latin America. “This is where we live, and we will not allow the Western Hemisphere to serve as a base of operations for adversaries, competitors and rivals of the United States,” Rubio stated.

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