• Commercial war: US threatens Repsol, Chevron and Rosneft with sanctions for its relationship with Venezuela

The US Department of the Treasury today sanctioned Rosneft Trading SA, a unit of Russia's largest oil producer, Rosneft PJSC, for maintaining links with the Nicolás Maduro regime. "Rosneft Trading SA and its president negotiated the sale and transportation of Venezuelan crude," said secretary Steven T. Mnuchin in a statement. Its president, Didier Casimiro, has also been sanctioned.

"The United States is determined to avoid looting Venezuela's oil assets by the corrupt Maduro regime," he added.

Rosneft Trading SA was created to help Rosneft Oil Company carry out its activities abroad. Its main activities are marketing and distribution, including trade, processing and transportation of raw materials, in particular unrefined oil and petroleum products.

"Today we sanction the Russian oil company Rosneft Trading SA, cutting off Maduro's main line to evade our sanctions to the Venezuelan oil sector. Those who support the corrupt regime and allow its repression against the Venezuelan people will be responsible," said the Secretary of State from the USA, Mike Pompeo.

The president in charge of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, has also reacted to the news: "The Russian oil company Rosneft Trading SA has been sanctioned for being complicit in the dictatorship. This news is a victory! Whoever supports the dictator, whoever, come Where it comes from, you must assume the consequences. "

Pressure to Maduro

The action against Rosneft is the most recent coup by US President Donald Trump to pressure Maduro and increase international support for the president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, recognized as president in charge of almost 60 countries.

Amid sanctions against the Maduro and PDVSA regime, Russia has become the second largest source of oil for the United States, with more than 20 million barrels exported in October.

Rosneft has been Venezuela's main crude oil loader, which is mainly destined for refineries in India and China. The company, controlled by the Government of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has lent more than $ 6 billion to PDVSA in exchange for crude

The sanctions, advanced by Guaidó after his international tour, were already swarming in the markets, even last Friday caused the fall of 3.41% on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

Attempt to privatize PDVSA

The Bloomberg agency made public in January that the revolution secretly negotiates with the oil companies Rosfnet, the Spanish Repsol and the Italian ENI, in an attempt to privatize part of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and thus get the money it needs to continue Your social and political control plans.

"There is a reality in the oil wells. There is an investment that must be made and within the framework of the Constitution the Government can make alliances that it deems appropriate," said Diosdado Cabello, head of the hard wing of the revolution. The Government of Putin demanded from Maduro the head of Guaidó and the taking of the Parliament so that in this way the new board of directors, ally of Chavismo, fraudulently approves the oil agreements.

Russia is Maduro's great global ally to keep screwed by force in power. This was recognized by the Trump Administration in January, even confessing that they failed to measure in 2019 the importance and significance of Russian support for the Bolivarian revolution.

Sergei Lavrov, Moscow chancellor, went to Caracas two weeks ago to ratify his alliance with Chavismo, in addition to promising more military weapons "to increase our friends' ability to face threats from outside." The Russians have supplied weapons to the revolution for more than a decade.

Lavrov agreed in the Venezuelan capital with José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and both showed their unrestricted support for the false dialogue promoted by Maduro after breaking negotiations with Norway as a mediator.

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