“Specifically, the two major deals Chevron signed with Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA involved asset swaps that left the US company with nearly half the total stake in the joint venture Petroindependencia, as well as added rights to develop a new oil area in Venezuela's vast oil-producing region, Orinoco Belt.”

“Ronald Balza, who heads the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the Andres Bello Catholic University (UCAB) in Caracas cautioned that dealings in the oil industry are nearly impossible for outsiders to monitor.”

“The current acting government under Rodriguez has not been legitimized in a democratic process.”

“The politician and human rights campaigner Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which she gifted to Trump as a "symbol of gratitude on behalf of the Venezuelan people."”

“She has been living in exile due to what she says are security concerns since the last disputed election in Venezuela.”

“Under our government, Venezuela is going fully private,” she recently told top energy executives at the annual CERAWeek energy conference in Houston.”

“For now, interim president Rodriguez holds the reins in Venezuela.”

“Paul Marquez, head of the Zulia state chapter of the Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Production (Fedecamaras), Venezuela's main business union, told the financial news portal Banca y Negocios.”

“Economic growth depends on a stable electricity grid,” Paul Marquez said.”

“He also said that Siemens was working out proposals for the authorities.”

“When approached by DW, Siemens would neither confirm nor deny the information.”