The Administration of US President, Donald Trump, has informed the interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, that the country must end relations with China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba as part of a series of demands before extracting and trading its oil, according to officials cited by the US network ABC.
Venezuela is willing to deliver 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to the US. Trump will be in charge of controlling the money from the oil sales in the local market "to ensure it is used for the benefit of the Venezuelan and US people."
The ousted Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, were injured while fleeing from US forces attempting to arrest them, CNN reported.
Several officials from the Trump Administration held a meeting with US lawmakers to inform them about how the presidential couple was captured and the possible injuries they may have sustained while fleeing, sources familiar with the briefing told CNN.
Apparently, Cilia Flores was injured after hitting her head while fleeing with her husband. Maduro and Flores ran and tried to hide behind a heavy steel door inside their complex, but the door frame was low, and they hit their heads while trying to escape, according to the officials.
Europeans prepare to respond to Trump's intimidations
Europeans are preparing to "respond" to any form of intimidation from the United States, declared French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, when asked about the intentions expressed by Donald Trump to acquire Greenland.
"Regardless of the form of intimidation and its origin, we have undertaken work (...) at the Quai d'Orsay to prepare to respond, to react, and not to do it alone," to be "convincing and forceful," stated Jean-Noël Barrot on the public radio France Inter.
According to him, this work will result in a plan that will be shared with France's main partners in the coming days. The minister emphasized that, beyond Greenland, Washington has recently imposed economic sanctions against European figures, including former commissioner Thierry Breton, involved in strict regulation of the technology sector.
"Faced with these displays of intimidation, we want to act, but act with our European partners," highlighted the minister, stating that the matter will be discussed on Wednesday in a meeting with his German and Polish counterparts.