(Reuters), President of Vénezuel, Nicolas Maduro, said on Saturday that flights planned to bring back venezuelans migrants to the United States House had been affected by “this unexplained and enormous agitation”, after the Trump administration canceled a license allowing Chevron to operate in the South American country.
Earlier in his remarks, Maduro said that if it was him, Chevron would stay in Venezuela, referring to the decision of the American president Donald Trump last week to overthrow a key license for the company, invoking the lack of progress on electoral reforms and migrant yields.
Maduro, however, did not mention the name of the company directly with reference to migrant flights. He said communication between the two countries had been damaged and the flights affected.
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Maduro and his government have always rejected the sanctions of the United States and others, saying that they are illegitimate measures that are equivalent to an “economic war” designed to paralyze Venezuela.
Maduro and his allies applauded what they say to be the country's resilience despite the measures, although they have historically blamed certain economic and shortages on sanctions.
(Report by Reuters; edition by Chizu Nomiyama and Marguerita Choy)
