Trump announced that the United States had received more than 80 million barrels of oil from Venezuela.

The United States has received more than 80 million barrels of oil from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This was announced on February 24 by the American leader Donald Trump.

"We have just received more than 80 million barrels of oil from our new friend and partner, Venezuela," he said during a speech to Congress, broadcast by the White House YouTube channel.

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What is the difficulty of working with this fuel and do the White House's plans overlap with the interests of the Russian Federation and China in the republic?

On February 1, Acting President of the Republic Delcy Rodriguez announced the first delivery of liquefied petroleum gas from Venezuela. Without revealing the destination of the vessel that contained the goods, she clarified that all proceeds would be distributed for the benefit of the Venezuelan people.

On January 29, the American Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a license under which American legal entities are allowed to conduct transactions with Venezuelan oil.

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