{"id":1362051,"date":"2022-03-07T09:10:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362051"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:10:28","slug":"reports-joe-biden-seeking-oil-deal-with-socialist-venezuela-russias-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-joe-biden-seeking-oil-deal-with-socialist-venezuela-russias-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Joe Biden Seeking Oil Deal with Socialist Venezuela, Russia&#039;s Best Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freports-joe-biden-seeking-oil-deal-with-socialist-venezuela-russias-best-friend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362051&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Multiple major corporate media outlets in America reported this weekend that President Joe Biden sent a delegation to Venezuela to meet socialist dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, reportedly to discuss buying Venezuelan oil.<\/p>\n<p>The price of crude oil has skyrocketed internationally in light of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. While the war began in 2014, hostilities escalated last month after Russian strongman Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a full-scale invasion of the country \u2013 including the capital, Kyiv \u2013 in an alleged effort to \u201cde-Nazify\u201d the country. In his speech announcing the military operation, Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/21\/ukraine-completely-created-russia-putin-recognizes-sovereignty-pro-russian-separatists\/\">claimed<\/a> that Ukraine had \u201cno tradition\u201d of being a sovereign state and its existence was a fabrication and \u201cmistake\u201d by Russian communists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has loudly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/how-can-i-be-a-nazi-zelenskyys-direct-appeal-to-russians-before-ukraine-attack\/\">refuted<\/a> Putin\u2019s claims that his country is run by Nazis by noting that he, a democratically elected head of state, is Jewish and the descendent of World War II veterans who fought against Nazis. In response, the Russian government has referred to Zelensky himself as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/03\/russian-fm-sergey-lavrov-ukraines-zelensky-a-neo-nazi-president\/\">neo-Nazi<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maduro, who has ruled the country since 2013 but lost his legitimacy in 2018 and simply refused to leave power, has vocally stood alongside Putin during the last two weeks of his military operation. Maduro has echoed accusations of Nazism against Zelensky; used his Twitter account to promote false information, such as sharing a clip from Zelensky\u2019s sitcom\u00a0<em>Servant of the People<\/em> and claiming it was a presidential campaign ad; and blamed the United States for the war between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro has faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/blog\/anti-semitism-in-venezuela-maduro-regime-traffics-in-hateful-conspiracies\">repeated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/portada-venezuela-campaa-idLTASIE92A02G20130312\">allegations<\/a> of antisemitism during his rule, which he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/venezuelas-anti-semitic-leader-admits-jewish-ancestry\/\">refuted<\/a> by claiming to be ethnically Jewish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_10205514\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-russia-vladimir-putin-meet-file1218-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10205514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-russia-vladimir-putin-meet-file1218-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on December 5, 2018. (Photo by MAXIM SHEMETOV \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo credit should read MAXIM SHEMETOV\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on December 5, 2018. (MAXIM SHEMETOV\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The far-left newspaper\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em> first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/05\/world\/americas\/venezuela-russia-usa.html\">reported<\/a>, citing anonymous individuals, that the Biden administration had chosen to reach out to Maduro with a delegation to Caracas on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenior U.S. officials are traveling to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of President [sic] Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter,\u201d the <em>Times<\/em> reported, \u201cas the Biden administration steps up efforts to separate Russia from its remaining international allies amid a widening standoff over Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-russia-ukraine-biden-team-nicolas-maduro\/\">CBS News<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-officials-meet-with-regime-in-venezuela-to-discuss-oil-exports-to-replace-russias-11646591752\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/03\/06\/venezuela-american-officials-visit\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a> all subsequently published similar reports, again citing anonymous people, claiming that the senior delegation was on its way to Miraflores palace, which Maduro illegally occupies. The\u00a0<em>Post<\/em> claimed the intent of the visit was explicitly to discuss America buying Venezuelan oil to bring down domestic gasoline prices and attempt to cut off Russia,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA group of senior U.S. officials flew to Venezuela on Saturday for a meeting with President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s government to discuss the possibility of easing sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Post<\/em> claimed,\u00a0\u201cas the Biden administration weighs a ban on imports of Russian oil and gas, according to two people familiar with the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration is seeking to ease oil sanctions on Venezuela as part of a broader U.S. strategy to temper oil prices that have skyrocketed because of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter,\u201d the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-officials-meet-with-regime-in-venezuela-to-discuss-oil-exports-to-replace-russias-11646591752\">alleged<\/a>. \u201cU.S. officials began rare face-to-face meetings with Venezuelan officials in Caracas over the weekend, with a view to allowing Venezuelan crude oil back on to the open international market, these people said.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Neither the Biden administration nor the Maduro regime confirmed any of these reports.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela possesses the world\u2019s second-largest known oil reserves, after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2018\/12\/07\/largest-oil-and-gas-reserves-ever-assessed-found-in-west-texas\/\">United States<\/a>. The Biden administration has stridently rejected tapping into American oil to ease skyrocketing gas prices.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=41033\">American oil<\/a>, Venezuelan crude is notoriously heavy and difficult to refine, leading to gasoline shortages in Venezuela itself due to socialist mismanagement stunting the productivity of government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-venezuela-gasoline-explainer\/explainer-why-oil-rich-venezuela-is-suffering-severe-gasoline-shortages-idUSKBN22V32G\">refineries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration indicated this weekend that it is considering sanctions on the Russian oil industry in an attempt to weaken its ability to continue waging war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to oil, Russian oil, I was on the phone yesterday with the president and other members of the Cabinet on exactly the subject,\u201d Secretary of State Antony Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/06\/blinken-active-discussion-ongoing-on-russian-oil-import-ban\/\">told<\/a> CNN on Sunday. \u201cAnd we are now talking to our European partners and allies to look in a coordinated way at the prospect of banning the import of Russian oil while making sure that there is still an appropriate supply of oil on world markets. That\u2019s a very active discussion as we speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Buying Venezuelan oil to replace Russian oil may result in the money flowing back to Moscow anyway, however, given Maduro\u2019s close ties to Putin. Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/02\/07\/venezuela-china-and-russia-owed-debts-as-presidential-fight-rages.html\">loaned<\/a> Venezuela billions of dollars to keep the Maduro regime afloat, resulting in years of negotiations to pressure Maduro into sending as much money <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-russia-venezuela-debt\/russia-says-venezuela-will-increase-debt-repayment-five-fold-from-2023-idUSKBN241352\">back<\/a>\u00a0to the Putin regime as possible. Maduro has effusively expressed his intention of supporting the Russian war on Ukraine in the past two weeks, a stance American purchases of his oil may aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe extremist right that has taken over the governments of Ukraine has never been interested in resolving conflicts via dialogue, has never been interested in peace, has never been interested in respecting Russia,\u201d Maduro claimed during a broadcast in late February immediately after the Russian assault on Kyiv <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2022\/02\/23\/venezuelas-maduro-rants-about-alleged-fascist-coup-in-ukraine-complete-backing-for-putin\/\">began<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s why Venezuela announces its complete backing to President Vladimir Putin in the defense of peace of Russia in the defense of peace in that region, in the valiant peace of his people and his fatherland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the support for President Putin, all the support for Russia,\u201d Maduro emphasized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Sostuve una conversaci\u00f3n telef\u00f3nica con el presidente, Vladimir Putin, le ratifiqu\u00e9 la condena de Venezuela a las acciones desestabilizadoras de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OTAN?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OTAN<\/a>. Reiter\u00e9 la firme disposici\u00f3n en favor del entendimiento y el di\u00e1logo, como v\u00eda para la preservaci\u00f3n de la Paz. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nTJW5o3jL6\">pic.twitter.com\/nTJW5o3jL6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicolasMaduro\/status\/1498754249907441667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maduro also accused Zelensky of being a \u201cfascist\u201d that came to power in a \u201ccoup.\u201d Unlike Maduro, who rose to head of government after the death of socialist dictator (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/es\/el-golpe-que-catapult%C3%B3-a-hugo-chavez\/av-60668519\">failed coup plotter<\/a>) Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-48007487\">won<\/a>\u00a0the free and fair Ukrainian presidential election of 2019 with over 70 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1646741052292000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3Jkadm_idMfRvYD7Dxb3RK\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1646741052292000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0YtInSFC5lkse_UNb1Eg2K\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple major corporate media outlets in America reported this weekend that President Joe Biden sent a delegation to Venezuela to meet socialist dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, reportedly to discuss buying Venezuelan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1362051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}