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DESPERATE times breed desperate measures. In a shock development, parts of the international corporate media are reporting that the US has approached the Venezuelan government with a view to buying oil to shore up its domestic market and avert an energy crisis.
The US is currently experiencing substantial hikes in gasoline and diesel prices following its ban on imports of Russian oil in retaliation for the war in Ukraine.
The bilateral talks are the first to take place since President Nicolas Maduro broke off diplomatic relations between the two countries in January 2019 in protest against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s “interim president.”
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