Et tu, Marco?

On paper, it’s going to look as if Marco Rubio, and not Ric Grenell, was who brought home the deal that offered a life line to Maduro. Of course, as long as the scoop (the re authorization of Chevron to operate in Venezuela) published by The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg is confirmed—there’s still a chance for “the crazy Cubans” to swoop in and block the deal as they have done in the past. The deal isn’t likely entirely on Rubio’s head, since this seems a a lot like what has been Trump’s intention all along (as we’ve been writing since Day 1). At least, he did grant his Secretary of State the courtesy of taking credit for the double win that meant bringing home all the Americans imprisoned in Venezuela and solving the CECOT issue, which was more a problem for Trump than for Maduro. While we were asking (wink, wink) would what consideration would Maduro expect for the prisoner swap, Rubio had spent weeks preparing the arena for something like this, with messaging regarding Trump’s non intervention policy: T2 is not interested in regime change; T2 is going to refrain from issuing opinions on foreign elections.

This event, taking place just a couple of days before the anniversary of the July 28 presidential election (that was stolen by Maduro), does feel a lot like a final blow to MCM’s hasta el final strategy. The proverbial stab in the back by your closest ally.

And the economy?

Asdrúbal says that if the Chevron news is confirmed, it is likely that oil production will grow and the market will be replenished with foreign currency—required to feed our foreign currency and imports depending economy.