{"id":3259,"date":"2026-03-24T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:00:09","slug":"oil-change-response-to-maria-corina-machados-speech-at-ceraweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3259","title":{"rendered":"Oil Change response to Mar\u00eda Corina Machado’s speech at CERAWeek"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today, Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado held a session on \u201cthe future of Venezuela\u201d at CERAWeek, one of the world\u2019s largest oil and gas conferences, where she spoke in support of U.S. oil and gas companies\u2019 return to the country with a bold pitch for a \u201ccomprehensive plan\u201d on opening up Venezuela\u2019s oil reserves to \u201c100% private investment.\u201d From the CERAWeek stage, Machado publicly offered to meet with oil and gas executives this week about exploiting Venezuelan oil assets currently owned by the Venezuelan state. <\/em><\/p>\n

In response, <\/em>Allie Rosenbluth, United States Campaign Manager at Oil Change International, <\/em><\/strong>said: <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMar\u00eda Corina Machado\u2019s appearance at CERAWeek shows how conflict and instability open the door for fossil fuel companies to entrench their stronghold across the globe. After Trump\u2019s attacks on Venezuela, one of his priorities was encouraging U.S. oil companies<\/a> to invest in Venezuelan oil \u2013 not for the benefit of the Venezuelan people, but to offer fossil fuel executives new opportunities to make a killing. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf U.S. oil companies return to Venezuela to ramp up production, communities and the climate will pay the price in polluted air and water, elevated risks of cancer and other health problems, and severe climate disasters. Most Venezuelan oil is heavy, sour crude, among the dirtiest and worst kinds of oil for our climate. This dirty oil places the communities in Venezuela \u2013 where it is extracted \u2013 and in the Gulf South \u2013 where it is refined \u2013 at even greater risk. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo protect communities across the world from environmental disasters and more wars for oil, we must reject extractive energy models and build democratic systems that prioritize community health and safety. The future of Venezuela should be determined by its people, not by U.S. fossil fuel executives looking to maximize their own profits.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado held a session on \u201cthe future of Venezuela\u201d at CERAWeek, one of the world\u2019s largest oil and gas conferences, where she spoke in support of U.S. oil and gas companies\u2019 return to the country with a bold pitch for a \u201ccomprehensive plan\u201d on opening up Venezuela\u2019s oil reserves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[742],"class_list":["post-3259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciencia-y-tecnologia","tag-vr-news-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}