Newshour - US State Department defends Venezuela oil deal
Download US State Department defends Venezuela oil deal
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)
Published on Thursday, 3rd September 2026.
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