US State Department defends Venezuela oil deal

美国国务院捍卫委内瑞拉石油协议

Newshour

2026-09-04

47 分钟
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The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says that her country needs democracy rather than an oil deal. But a US State Department spokesman tells Newshour that the agreement involved "a very transparent process". Also in the programme: Indonesia battles huge wildfires as toxic haze spreads across southeast Asia; and we mark the legacy of the American feminist icon, Gloria Steinem. (Photo: Oil drilling platforms at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Credit: Reuters)
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