It used to be the case that when the United States intervened in Latin America,
they would say it was about protecting democracy.
They never really mentioned natural resources, and particularly not oil.
This time round, in Venezuela, and with the Trump administration, no, it's the opposite.
They are very happy to mention oil.
Indeed, they talk about it a lot.
They have oil that is stuck in Venezuela.
They can't move it because of our quarantine and because it's sanctioned.
We are going to take between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil.
We're going to sell it in the marketplace at market rates,
not at the discounts Venezuela was getting.
That money will then be handled in such a way that we will control how it is dispersed in a way that benefits the Venezuelan people,
not corruption, not the regime.
The interim authorities have agreed to release that oil to the United States,
so it will be arriving here at home very soon.
The United States government has already begun mar- They cannot move any oil unless we allow them to move it.
Well, again, I'm not going to give you a timeline on it.
We want it to move as soon as possible.
But we didn't expect this.
It's been three days since this happened, four days since this happened.