This may pique the interest of oil taders.

Headlines via Reuters, citing a State Dept spokeperson:

  • US hostage affairs  envoy Carstens and ambassador Jimmy Story travelled to Caracas for discussions about US citizens held in Venezuela

May pave the way for more oil from the country to be exported. The US admin is super keen to bring the price of gasoline down.

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President Maduro says the US delegation is in the country to discuss a 'bilateral agenda'.