Venezuelan Opposition Leader Calls Trump's New Oil Partner Corrupt
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says the new oil partner of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is corrupt. Her relations with the administration are growing strained.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has criticized the new oil partner of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, calling it corrupt, The New York Times reported on October 15. The criticism matters because it points to worsening relations between Venezuela's opposition and Washington.
According to the newspaper, Machado's ties with the Trump administration are fraying. She said her return to Venezuela would come "sooner than you would expect."
The available excerpt of the report gives no further details about the terms of the oil arrangement, which partner Machado is criticizing, or the circumstances of her planned return. Those details are not confirmed here.
