$VZLAThe oil
They took Maduro. Who took the oil?
Amuay refinery, Falcón. Photograph by Génesis García. Not a 2026 shipment. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reuters reported on Jan 7, 2026, that Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the US wants Venezuelan oil flowing again, with revenues held in US-controlled accounts, and that Washington described that control as indefinite in the accounts this research uses.
The same week, Reuters reported Rubio’s political sequence: stability, recovery, then transition. A later Reuters story said the US was moving fast to expand Chevron’s Venezuela license.
Sen. Chris Murphy called the arrangement stealing oil “at gunpoint.” That metaphor is his. It is not a statute, and it is not our invention.
The question
If the raid was about drugs, why is the revenue account in Washington?
Questions
Does the US control Venezuelan oil sales?
Reuters reported that Washington wants sales flowing with revenue in US-controlled accounts.
Is that theft?
Chris Murphy called it stealing at gunpoint. That is his accusation.
What does Rubio say the plan is?
Stability, recovery, then transition.
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