Trump Plans Venezuela Visit as Oil Deals Reshape Ties

2026-02-16 - 18:15

Key Points Trump announced plans to visit Venezuela — the first sitting U.S. president to do so since 1997 — while rating bilateral relations “a 10” and formally recognizing Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government. The Treasury Department authorized BP, Chevron, Eni, Repsol and Shell to resume full operations in Venezuela, the broadest sanctions relief since the