
The VIII Petrocaribe Summit was held in Nicaragua in 2013. Nicaragua has been amongst the beneficiaries of subsidized Venezuelan oil. (Photo: EFE / 2013 / Archive)
December 10th, 2015 -
WASHINGTON — If the newly elected Venezuelan National Assembly votes to cancel that country’s program of subsidized oil sales to Caribbean and Central American nations, the United States will not be able to substitute U.S. oil for Venezuelan oil, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said that the U.S. might…