Venezuela’s Vice President for Economy Calixto Ortega Sanchez on Wednesday revealed details in Dubai about an unusual power-sharing style arrangement with the US.
Weeks after President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces during a night-time operation in Caracas, Mr Ortega Sanchez, a former central bank chief, said the oil-rich country must move on but needs access to its assets to do so.
“Allow us to have access to our own assets,” he told American commentator Tucker Carlson at the World Governments Summit.
“In order to go forward on terms that help everybody, Venezuela needs to be allowed to re-enter international markets on equal terms without sanctions.”
The capture of Mr Maduro and his transfer to the US with his wife on drug-trafficking charges, followed by court appearances, marked one
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